Harvard high school questions

chaseholl
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:14:38 +0000

from rich or asian kids



Lol.

There’s a difference between for-credit courses and not-for-credit courses: the latter is the worthless, partying kind, while the former is more useful for the two reasons outlined below. Harvard seems to fall under the former, although it is rather pricey and there are similar alternatives available for a diminished price.


For-credit courses are almost always taken along with regular college students. The courses are, of course, regular undergraduate classes in the university’s summer session. This is certainly a “real” college experience.
That’s why it’s so pricey–you get college credit. It’s not a slack-off-and-get-laid type of deal; you can get an “F” and waste US$10,000 if you don’t do the coursework.


Now, obviously, this is still a moneymaking program. All colleges do this (Harvard has a multimillion–or is it multibillion?–endowment fund; they don’t need to charge that much), and not just for high schoolers, too.