For Harvard Extension School, do you take the admissions requirement courses first?

[leland.kirk]

The people taking the Poetry in America courses will probably be doing it on an ad hoc basis, I doubt they'll have much information on the grants or scholarships. The Extension School Grant is need-based and gives half off your fall and spring tuition, as well as one free course during the summer. There aren't any published statistics on it though. I've read a few posts from people who got the grant, but nobody gave specifics on their income. One of the posts indicated that the person had an income high enough to be surprised when he was offered the grant. It's also worth noting that Harvard has the largest endowment of any university, so the threshold income could be quite high.

Ah, right on. I'm interested in hearing what their experiences are in general.

I definitely imagine a few other people thought of going from taking a Poetry in America course or two from pursuing a graduate degree from HES, and I'd definitely hope they'd apply for scholarships and grants if they did.

I've also heard that some online HES courses require a trip to a testing center for finals, which would be a dealbreaker for me as someone who isn't always located in the States, but this may be outdated information.