Harvard Post-Bac Question

[freakiecookie]

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I heard through the grapevine that Harvard Extension has some dealio where if you work for Harvard Med (or something??) part-time (like 18 hours), then they will decrease your post-bac tuition by 90%...

This sounds WAY too good to be true. Anybody heard anything about this? I tried looking online and found nothing useful regarding the "if you work, we subsidize your post-bac" thing.

It seems... unlikely that an uppity school like Harvard would do something like that. Any links/info would be GREATLY appreciated!

 

[punkindrublic]

Click here.

 

[freakiecookie]

Lokhtar, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or if you're just a baller and $800/class is nothing to you. But it is to most peeps who are taking lots of post-bac classes. Thanks for your useless comment.

Thanks for the link, punkindrublic.

 

[Maxprime]

Lokhtar, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or if you're just a baller and $800/class is nothing to you. But it is to most peeps who are taking lots of post-bac classes. Thanks for your useless comment.

Thanks for the link, punkindrublic.

He's just a baller, shot caller, with 20 inch blades on the Impala.

Most peepz in this heezy think that 8 C-notes for Harvard-quality instruction is mad-cheapz, for realz!

You could always go to UMass-Boston for $6k/semester . . . or $12k if you're not a Mass resident. Or, still in the post-bacc world, you can fly over to Georgetown for $30k/year.

(The average medical student graduates $130,571 in debt)

 

[Maxprime]

I am not being sarcastic. Most other post-bacs have $800 a credit, and you are looking at between $10k-$30k per year to attend. Harvard, from what I found, has the cheapest tuition of any formal post-bacc, including my local state school.

I apologize if the comment seemed inappropriate, but the fact still remains regarding Harvard being very very cheap. Really, living in Boston is going to be much more expensive. If you get any type of professional job, you can generally make more than what Harvard gives you that way.

If the cost was $10k and working 20 hours a week means you don't have to pay 90% of that...that's one thing. But working 20 hours a week to save 90% on $1600/semester tuition (if you take 2 classes) doesn't seem like a huge discount to me.

You're right Lokhtar - no need to apologize.

Tuition expense should be the last of your concerns in Boston - if you live alone your rent could easily be $1k/month. If you're working, go for the highest wage - at 20 hours a week for a year, an extra $5/hr will be $5k. If you want my opinion, spend those efforts towards getting into med school (if you're not sure you'll get in your first app cycle) - an extra year of post-bacc is a lot more expensive (PV of future wages, among other things) than a year not working.

 

[luckyirish]

I have heard from friends that are taking HES courses at a discounted rate that if you work for Brigham and Women's Hospital for 6 months, you get tuition reimbursement which you can use at HES - $1000 if you are part time and $2000 if you are full time. If you work for Harvard directly (like HMS or HSPH) for a certain amount of time (I am not sure the amount of time exactly) you are able to take courses at a discounted rate, I think it is $45 a class.