<p>JHS, what you said about confirmation versus advisement is probably true. And to be honest, if I could attend as a full time day student, I would, but I’m not sure that I could attend a good university. During Cornell, I was mostly focused on my startup, didn’t attend many classes. We got funded and I left and haven’t really thought about it since. But I don’t know that, short of getting a recommendation from a professor that I may want to work with (is this even possible?), that that would be a possibility. I haven’t however spoken to an admissions counselor about this and that might be something I should first do. </p>
<p>The PhD is definitely something that I’ve been toying with but obviously a bachelors is a prereq for that which is why this is something I’m considering. Also, it’s worth noting that I don’t think I would be working full time and attending a few classes. I’d try to bang this out as fast as possible, attending as many classes as they’ll allow (once I get the appropriate GPA). And 4-5 classes, even night classes at HES, based on my research, is a pretty full workload I think (combined with any research I was able to work on with someone from the economics department). </p>
<p>Assuming all things being equal, and the prestige/weight of the degree being the only variable, do top graduate programs (MIT/Harvard) accept comparable students from HES?</p>