How to adcoms view post-baccs at "extension" schools vs. "regular" universities?

[deleted1000960]

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I've been wondering about this recently. What is the difference in perception (if any) between extension schools like UC Berkeley extension, UCLA extension, and Harvard extension, vs. regular universities like state schools (through open enrollment)?

Some classes at these extension schools are based on the existing class at their parent school, while some are designed by extensions themselves. Should one try to take as many classes at a regular university? Or is there no difference as long as the classes aren't online?

Will doing GPA repair at an extension school be worse than doing one at a regular university?

 

[Developer]

It makes no difference, no one evaluates post bacc coursework for name of school/institutional prestige

 

[deleted1000960]

It makes no difference, no one evaluates post bacc coursework for name of school/institutional prestige

I guess it was more a question of rigor than prestige. Extension coursework would be seen sufficiently rigorous, right?

 

[Developer]

I guess it was more a question of rigor than prestige. Extension coursework would be seen sufficiently rigorous, right?

Yes, the extension coursework would be viewed in the same manner as coursework taken at any other four-year institution.

 

[Goro]

I've been wondering about this recently. What is the difference in perception (if any) between extension schools like UC Berkeley extension, UCLA extension, and Harvard extension, vs. regular universities like state schools (through open enrollment)?

Some classes at these extension schools are based on the existing class at their parent school, while some are designed by extensions themselves. Should one try to take as many classes at a regular university? Or is there no difference as long as the classes aren't online?

Will doing GPA repair at an extension school be worse than doing one at a regular university?

They're all treated as the same.

 

[deleted1000960]

They're all treated as the same.

Good to hear, I sank thousands of dollars into classes and suddenly got paranoid that I was wasting my money haha.

 

[tessellations]

FWIW, I met several students on the interview trail who had done postbacc coursework at extension schools.