Considering what looks good on my resume, I decided that I want to take a course at Harvard Extension School (HES). So I took off this semester from northeastern university and applied to the HES. It's relatively easy to get in, pending the fulfilment of (very few) requirements. I originally wanted to take 4 courses, all in the subject of Finance. I ended up choosing 2 Finance courses (Investment Theory and Applications) and Documentary Photography. I dropped the Music Theory class for Doc. Photography because apparently I need to know how to read music (you know, the notations).
I'm almost as excited as the London School of Economics, the only difference being I am not experiencing with a whole new city (well, you could say it's a whole new environment, but it's nowhere as close). I'm sure the professors here are as good as the actual Harvard Day school. This should be really advantageous to me. The possible ups and downsides of these, the way I see it:
Upsides:
1. I *could* make some great contacts. Considering this is almost like a SPCS, I'm going to be surrounded by some experienced people with a lot of aspirations. This might turn out to be good.
2. My next Co-op: This could actually help me a lot in my next co-op assignment, hopefully at Morgan Stanley, just how I want it.
3. I get to learn from the world's best: Like I said, if the teachers at the extension school are just as good, this might just be a gem of an investments.
Downsides:
-1. My credits don't get transferred: Granted that in the long run it doesnt matter, but I am practically delaying my graduation by 4 months, unless I overload every semester from this point forward. exciting.
-2. Night School!: I dont know why I put this under a downside, because I can actually take my daytime for all the research I want to do about the financial world. But again, It's night school. :-/
-3. WORK. AND LOTS OF IT has never really been a bad thing, but I will be doing graduate level courses right now. so really, Lots of work.
The way I see it, the potential downsides are not a worthy opposition to the upsides. See, why I am so excited? Oh, and another thing, Harvard actually ends 22nd May, which means my Northeastern classes have already begun by then. Oh, my!
