<p>If I did a course using MIT OpenCourseWare while at another university, and I don't get credit for doing the course but just for my benefit, how would I let a grad school know about it?</p>
<p>My sister said through essays, but is that the only option?</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>yes, essays / additional info.</p>
<p>Since MIT doesn’t log who watches what (no, they are actually watching us all!!!), it would be kinda impossible for them to certificate people, wouldn’t it? ;)</p>
<p>The only way you could be able to tell about it is essays, I think. However, still it should help you in academics a lot. I’m a future applicant for MIT and I’m watching the OCW <em>especially Physics courses</em> in my free time(you rock Prof.Lewin! lol). Even thought it doesn’t give me anykind of certificate(fat chance? hehe), still it helps a lot academicly. Think it this way, whether they know you watch OCW or not, you still learn from those courses and thats the most important thing in my opinion.</p>
<p>For grad school applications, I would not generally mention self-studying a course, unless there’s some really overwhelming reason that you want to – if it were in an area that you wanted to go into in grad school but hadn’t taken any courses in as an undergrad, or maybe if it led you to pursue a particular research topic.</p>
<p>Atleast think it that way, you get to learn the topic better.
I’m a highschool junior in Turkey and the OCW is helping me A LOT in both high school courses and to-be-soon SATs.</p>
<p>It’s different for high school students applying for undergraduate admission – in that case, I think it’s absolutely worthwhile to mention self-studying OCW.</p>
<p>The OP is a college student asking about graduate school applications, which is a very different process.</p>