<p>Ok, I just was happily informed that I received a full Lowell Scholarship from the Havard ES for my fall course (through Distance Education). I'm excited, but I have a couple questions.</p>
<p>I'm taking HIST E-1610/W Colonial America (4 units)
-Has anyone taken this or a similar class? How was your experience?
-I am currently a high school senior, (also taking AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Euro at the same time). It is a "writing intensive" course that meets one day a week - how challenging can I expect this course to be for me?</p>
<p>and FINALLY...
I had also previously received a full tuition waiver to the summer school in '04. I know that taking courses through the summer school and the extension school "does not guarantee admission to Harvard," but do you think my interest in their school and the scholarship + waivers I got will give any significant bonus to my application?
^I know it won't hurt me, I was just wondering if it could potentially help a lot...</p>
<p>how did get to take that course? i didnt know harvard let seniors take distance education courses over the fall. I went to SSP and knew they had like a summer distance education thing, but I didnt know of this. How do I apply or whatever?</p>
<p>I don't know if it will help "a lot." In the Boston area, lots of high schoolers take courses at the Extension School and many (most?) receive Lowell scholarships. Doing well in the course will certainly help, as will the rest of the challenging courses you are taking.</p>
<p>Regarding the course itself, I googled the instructor for you. He has an impressive list of publications and I assume he must be a good lecturer to have been selected by the HES. I don't know what he would consider a "writing intensive course." My S took courses at the HES. some met twice a week, some once a week. I don't know what the logistics of a distance learning course would be, though.</p>
<p>DHA_10: it is through their extension school (extension.harvard.edu) - check it out :) i went to SSP as well and had no clue about it until i did some searching of myself...</p>
<p>thanks marite for the reply! i believe i will be watching recordings of the lectures, so I hope the prof is interesting.</p>
<p>Well, you can always look at the syllabus. It requires weekly response papers and three five-to-eight page papers. I think what the professor means by "writing intensive" is that most of the graded work is papers (rather than exams or problem sets or something). It's certainly no more writing intensive than your typical paper-oriented class.</p>