Don't misrepresent where you went to school.

[Life Long Learning]

Yep. Using it now at TESU for the final leg of my BS.

Do you have the Post 9/11 at 100% and will you have at least 5 days left on it?

I have to run (work).  will reply later.

I sure do. I actually chose TESU so that I could graduate after having used less than 6 months of it so I'd still have ~30 months for grad school, more undergraduate prerequisite courses, change of career to a trade school or other short/fun educational opportunities if I so chose at a later date. Disclaimer: I lean more towards STEM type programs than business but I'm open to lots of different options.

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I appreciate the info

I think STEM is great.  Think long-term.  My wife is a professional degree type also, but now in her career, she is management. A one-week Mini-MBA (Mini-Master of Business Administration) Certificate is a great foundation course. The Harvard Law School Certificate in Negotiation and Leadership is useful. 
 
I have tons of MOOC/University certificates.  I have no feel for those colleges nor will they ever know me.  Being physically immersed in the same graduate school building and seats at the Harvard Kennedy School or the MIT Slone School of Management is priceless.  Meeting student often more experienced than the professor is priceless.  Sometimes making a career connection is priceless.

[clep3705]

Misrepresent your academic accomplishments and you can end up in jail. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10-...li=BBnb7Kz

[jsd]

She was going to jail for ten to fifteen years for lying about her ELEMENTARY school?

That is some dumb as hell sentencing.

[Life Long Learning]

Misrepresent your academic accomplishments and you can end up in jail. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10-...li=BBnb7Kz

Greece is a basket case Nation.

[dfrecore]

Misrepresent your academic accomplishments and you can end up in jail. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10-...li=BBnb7Kz

That's just about the dumbest thing I've seen in a while.  Really?  Nobody along the way thought this wasn't the best way to handle this situation?

[sanantone]

The sentence is excessive, but she wasn't sent to prison for lying. If the elementary school was public, she created a fake government document. That usually comes with serious consequences in many countries. If you apply for government jobs in the U.S., you're often warned that fraudulent activities during the application process can lead to criminal charges.

[ThatBankDude]

In my opinion, if you receive a degree from HES, you are receiving a degree from one of the schools within Harvard University. That said, it is blatantly obvious that the admissions criteria is far less competitive than other schools at Harvard. Essentially, you take a few classes, make an A or B, and then you are admitted to the program.


East Central University
Bachelors of Science - 2015
Biology

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
AACSB-Accredited
Masters of Business Administration - 2019
Management

[ReyMysterioso]

In my own experience, I went to a memorial party for a legendary law professor at the big D-1 university in my town. (I worked on a documentary about him.) I happened to be wearing a Harvard shirt I'd found used at a thrift store on the cheap. The party was filled with academia from all over who'd flown down for the memorial service. I ended up sitting across from someone from up north who commented on my shirt. "So you went to Harvard?" "Well I'm currently enrolled in HES, taking grad English courses and am looking into earning my way into a degree program." "In Boston?" "No, I'm taking courses online." "So you did not actually attend Harvard College." "Nope." He nodded with what I read as self-satisfaction.

At the same party, the late professor's daughter - who did attend Harvard for her grad degree commented, "Nice shirt!"

If you attend HES, there are probably always going to be people who will call you out on it - try to take you down a peg. But frankly everyone else I know who is aware I'm pursuing grad studies at HES are absolutely wowed and impressed by the Harvard brand, and really do not care in the least that it's "Extension School" or "Division of Continuing Education" or whatever box you want to put it in. They assume that the academics are rigorous - and given the 600 out of 13,000 graduate statistic ratio somebody else gave, there's reason to believe that's true.

For me personally, I just really like the quality of materials, content and students in my cohorts. I'm fascinated by the rich history of the university and resources and materials they are able to utilize. I'm looking forward to visiting during Summer School in a few months and spending time in their museums and campus. What I'm getting out of the experience is valuable to me, and I don't really care whether anyone approves of the certificates, degrees, programs, or even my comfy t-shirt - nor whether they say it's "Harvard-lite" or "The backdoor into Harvard" or "Not real Harvard". As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Comparison is the thief of joy."

[sanantone]

In my own experience, I went to a memorial party for a legendary law professor at the big D-1 university in my town. (I worked on a documentary about him.) I happened to be wearing a Harvard shirt I'd found used at a thrift store on the cheap. The party was filled with academia from all over who'd flown down for the memorial service. I ended up sitting across from someone from up north who commented on my shirt. "So you went to Harvard?" "Well I'm currently enrolled in HES, taking grad English courses and am looking into earning my way into a degree program." "In Boston?" "No, I'm taking courses online." "So you did not actually attend Harvard College." "Nope." He nodded with what I read as self-satisfaction.

At the same party, the late professor's daughter - who did attend Harvard for her grad degree commented, "Nice shirt!"

If you attend HES, there are probably always going to be people who will call you out on it - try to take you down a peg. But frankly everyone else I know who is aware I'm pursuing grad studies at HES are absolutely wowed and impressed by the Harvard brand, and really do not care in the least that it's "Extension School" or "Division of Continuing Education" or whatever box you want to put it in. They assume that the academics are rigorous - and given the 600 out of 13,000 graduate statistic ratio somebody else gave, there's reason to believe that's true.

For me personally, I just really like the quality of materials, content and students in my cohorts. I'm fascinated by the rich history of the university and resources and materials they are able to utilize. I'm looking forward to visiting during Summer School in a few months and spending time in their museums and campus. What I'm getting out of the experience is valuable to me, and I don't really care whether anyone approves of the certificates, degrees, programs, or even my comfy t-shirt - nor whether they say it's "Harvard-lite" or "The backdoor into Harvard" or "Not real Harvard".  As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Comparison is the thief of joy."

Low graduation rates are very common at open admissions schools. Many for-profit colleges have graduation rates below 20%. Some Argosy campuses have a graduation rate near 7%. Rigorous schools usually have high graduation rates because they're selective. What I find impressive are open admissions schools with graduation rates near 50% or higher because they're rare. The school would have to have very high instructional quality to get so many people to pass. Low graduation rates usually mean that you accepted everyone, didn't provide them with the support they needed to pass, and took their money. Those are the practices of predatory colleges.

But, my guess is that many HES students never intended to finish a certificate or degree program in the first place. The on-campus requirements are also an obstacle to finishing.

[ReyMysterioso]

I was initially looking at the Creative Writing & Literature degree due to only a one-week residency. But I figured out courses delivered online with a weekend requirement would count as a residency course. I could spare a couple weekends in Boston over the next five years to hit that three-course residency requirement for the English degree. I just gotta find a couch to crash on to save on lodging expenses. Anyone live near Boston/Cambridge?