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Originally Posted by cutiepatootie
I have taken online classes and they may not be in a classroom setting , but they are just as hard as in-class. I went the traditional route for my degree and i can compare both ways, they both hold equal weight when it comes to class load.
So you were fortunate to go to Harvard live and in-person, doesn't mean the person who works f/t, has a family , and does the degree online at night is a lessor person. They worked equally as hard as you did and paid the same tuition as well as struggled with the same grades assigned by the same professors.
I think it i s harder online because you don't have that classroom interaction and you have to really force yourself to be disciplined to sit in front of a computer to do the work vs showing up for class.
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I think the point is, though, that it isn't a Harvard degree or a Harvard class. It is a "Harvard Extension School" degree/certificate, which isn't the same thing. Harvard has admission standards. Harvard Extension does not. It's not that they are a lesser person, but they won't get the same degree.
Boston U. does the same thing, with a program for people looking to learn web skills, etc. Anyone can join the program, but they will get some sort of certificate, not a BU degree.