<p>I’m a non-traditional student in my 50’s, who got into a bunch of Ivies at the end of high school but didn’t go: the “sixties” turbulence sent me in other directions.</p>
<p>I would ask why the fixation on the Harvard name?</p>
<p>I have considered Harvard Extension but find the ability to concentrate in my area of interest is less than I have found at UMass Boston.</p>
<p>Computer science is great at UMass, and the price of UMass and Harvard Extension are about the same. UMass has courses during the day, evening and weekends, and students can move freely among these time slots. Also, if you are admitted once, you can withdraw for semesters, or even years, when school is difficult for you, then readmit for $25.</p>
<p>BU has Metropolitan College, which is excellent but expensive (maybe you would have financial aid).</p>
<p>Harvard Extension is great, but I am just suggesting that there are alternatives.</p>
<p>Oh- and my husband went to Harvard for Masters work, got interrupted by the draft…he got his MBA at UMass 15 years later, and much preferred it to Harvard. The focus there is on teaching, and classes are both small, and diverse.</p>