Backdoor to Stanford University Master's Degree

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This is not a backdoor except for the ability to pursue the MS with part-time status while working. Most people need to take a few courses as an NDO in SCPD in the intended degree to prove worthiness of admission to the HCP (and prove you can earn the MS part-time while working full-time). You must have a minimum grade of B/B+ in each course or they kick you out of the NDO program. If you get a B- in one class (that's not a passing grade in grad school), you are done. To take a course, you need to submit transcripts proving that you can survive the course. Your exams are proctored and need to be taken the same day as the on-campus section. The department is free to reject your application to add the class. Once you have done well A-/A/A+ in three courses, they get interested in seeing if you want to apply for the MS program in the HCP.

If you want a Stanford degree that's easier to get into, but don't mind a useless for employment major, look at the MLA program. But the MLA is not online.