<p>I've seen people use this term, and I looked it up. It looks pretty awesome and I'm definitely interested in it. Who is allowed to take the courses? And do they look good? I'm looking at a course that I specifically have a lot of research/interning/volunteer background in.</p>
<p>You mean me? lol. I've taken a billion courses at Harvard extension.</p>
<p>Basically, its like a back door into Harvard. You can earn a Harvard degree, its for working professionals or whoever wants to add credentials to their resume. Most ppl are in their fourties, but you can obviously still join in and get an Extension degree, which by all means they claim is a legit Harvard degree, just by taking some required courses and getting a minimum a B in them, and voila, no rigorous selection process like the College, thats all you need to work yourway to an BA, or BS.</p>
<p>No. Not as real as a legitimate Harvard college degree, Many universites have similar programs that allow the community to take part, or working professionals to earn a degree.</p>
<p>I don't recommend it for a degree, but I do recommend you take some courses and try it out.</p>
<p>EDIT: Where do you live btw?</p>
<p>I live in Northern Connecticut. Harvard is like a 30-45 minute drive from my place. The distance education program looks good too; I just watched a sample video and I like the way that it looks. I'm thinking maybe just one class this year and one class next year if things work out well.</p>
<p>What classes did you take and how did you like them?</p>
<p>...um, I thought those were for older people and college students interested in a harvard degree, not highschoolers. but w/e..</p>
<p>One of the smartest women I know went to Harvard Ext. for her degree. I'd be interested in knowing how people feel about the online courses - they weren't around when she was a student, so I can't ask her.</p>
<p>High school homeschoolers take courses at Harvard Extension school. A friend of my son's did her last two year's there and is going to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>How is the rigor of the offered courses?
Is the workload difficult?
Does the Extension School share any of the faculty from Harvard University Undergraduate/Graduate?</p>
<p>workload is pretty tough</p>
<p>I took like 5 APs and two Harvard Ext courses in senior year at Highschool. (Multivar, Linear Algebra)</p>
<p>I also took Computer Science 1 and 2, Calc 1 and 2, umm... Spanish Art History class, and yeah. It was pretty good.</p>
<p>Distance class, I highly recommend it. Harvard professors are pretty good at teaching them. They definitely are Harvard professors...some do teach at the College. One of em actually wrote the book on Linear Algebra. lol</p>
<p>Hey, do you mind if I PM you to ask you more questions about it?</p>
<p>Sure. Anyone else can PM if they want to have any additional questions. Ill answer them with in more indepth.</p>
<p>Here is a page on Harvard Extension School's website that may answer some of your questions: About</a> Us : Harvard Extension School</p>
<p>In addition to a typical freshman courseload, would adding 1-2 classes from Harvard Extension (distance) make the year too much work?
I'm worried that the classes will be too difficult to manage with your own schedule, especially because you're not on the actual campus.</p>
<p>would taking one or two course each year in junior and senior year be a good idea if I'm already planning to go through a full IB program?</p>
<p>when they say undergraduate credit, do they mean you must be an undergrad enrolled in the school or that the course would count as a credit if you get accepted to harvard/other schools?</p>
<p>@ 2e4L:
Usually, the offered courses happen once a week, on a 2 hour-long basis, so I don't think it would be that much work. I don't know... it would depend on who you are and your own work ethic. </p>
<p>@ Juliushark: harvard extension school does not mean undergrad. it just means you would get undergraduate CREDIT. and yeah, I know a couple friends who took 1-2 these classes during their senior year, because their school didn't offer that many APs...</p>
<p>The degree is pretty legit. One of my camp counselors graduated from the Liberal arts undergrad program at the Harvard Extension School, and went on to earn a doctorate at Duke. That sounds pretty legit to me.</p>