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[alexf.1990]

Where is the price $400 for the CORE program?

Sorry, I should have clarified. The $450 price is for students who receive Pell Grant. It looks like its bumped up to $450 since I took the program last year. The sticker price of $3680 is absurd for what it is, a well-run MOOC. The program definitely isn't worth that much if you're just looking to learn the material or boost your resume. The people taking the program are either those looking to get into the ALM program or foreigners looking to pad their LinkedIn by saying they "went to Harvard." I ran into a handful of pre-HBS students who did their undergrad in other fields, but these students are a very tiny minority.

https://online.hbs.edu/enroll/financing-financial-aid/

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Oh, so the first few classes have to be relevant to the program. For other master's programs, the first three admissions classes will cost $8,520?

The Finance and Management MLA degrees allow you to complete the CORe program for $400 and then one full-priced course to gain admission. Alternatively, you can complete the Data, Economics, and Development Policy Micromaster and on full-priced course.

Is this the CORe program you're talking about? It looks like you get a pretty big scholarship if you're a current Pell Grant recipient bringing the cost down to $450. Military members pay $900, and current graduate students pay $1575. Full price is $2250, but that's still better than paying $5680 for two graduate courses. 

https://online.hbs.edu/enroll/financing-financial-aid/

I can't find that MicroMasters program.

The ALM Finance program requires you to take the Statistics and Data Science Micromasters as the alternative pathway to admission. https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academ...am-pathway

The ALM Management program uses the Supply Chain Management Micromasters for its alternative pathway.
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academ...am-pathway

The ALM Development Practice program uses the Data, Economics, and Development Policy Micromasters.
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academ...am-pathway

All of the Micromasters Pathways reduce your required courseload from 12 classes to 8.

I apologize for the misinformation. I remember glancing at the announcement about this new pathway last year. I must have misremembered the details.