New from Harvard Extension School

[Stoic]

I've done some research on this and UPENN LPS and HES are like night and day.  People from UPENN won't think of you any differently as a student attending LPS. So you're included into the 'selectivity' process of attending there by default even if it's not entirely true. I don't see any distinction at all in the copy of their documents.  In contrast the people at HES... you know, well let's just say you will be different because of the stigma attached and it's not positive. Unless of course you can overcome that by living in Cambridge and joining clubs, etc and playing off the HES part  (This is what I would do) because you're busy working or building a business or startup, etc. But if you just want a HES degree to play off the rep of Harvard (and there's no forward momentum in terms of creating value for society outside of taking classes at HES) then you will be up for a rude awakening. Because they won't want anything to do with you there and will roll their eyes at you in public, and you will be stuck with a Liberal arts in Extension studies degree. I guess it can help for interviews, but for the most part companies want to hire Harvard grads because of the connections that they might bring. Personally, I want to go to HES to study for my masters because I like their content and style and I'm knee deep into it with all these poetry credits, though I already know that I will be stigmatized, and belittled there through indirect communication.  But I'll turn that into a positive somehow.  Anyway if things were equal I would go to Upenn LPS in a heart beat. If LPS has some type of grant like the HES grant for potential students then maybe going there pays for itself with all the money saved on living in Philly as opposed to the Boston area.