Harvard Extension and Wharton - Lite?

Question

I am looking for information and opinions on the courses offered by Harvard Extension and UPenn Wharton in California (Called Wharton Lite by few professors I've asked)

Are they the same price, same respect, same instructors, etc as the main campus schools?

Thanks,

Answer 1

They all are taking more of a for-profit approach in these ventures.

Harvard offers online courses through it’s extension. It’s open admissions. You can complete credits, a couple certificates, and I believe one full degree with a limited residency. I am not sure what your degree would say. AFAIK You are getting the real materials that Harvard uses, but less experienced profs.

http://www.extension.harvard.edu/

The Wharton lite offers only an MBA at that site and some continuing ed. You are paying full price for the JV professors (they are definitely not shipping core faculty over), but on the upside, your diploma won’t differentiate.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/campus/wharton_west/

The main Wharton campus is still a top tier school, despite their lead role in the recent financial aid scandal.

Even Rutgers is cashing in, offering open enrollment “skill certifications”.

Not close to the real thing in any case, but a good way to get a Top Tier school name on your resume that you otherwise might not be able to.

Answer 2

Wharton West is exactly the same MBA as the WEMBA (weekend MBA) program in Philadelphia. Students take the same number of classes and have the same amount of in-class face time as the day time Wharton MBAs. The same professors teach in the WEMBA program as in the daytime program.

There are only real differences I saw between the WEMBA programs and the daytime program.

One is that the WEMBA students have fewer electives to choose from. They vote -- as a group to choose which electives will be offered. The second is that the WEMBA students tend to have more work experience than the daytime students.

A few years ago, I taught Advanced Corporate Finance at Wharton West and in the daytime program in Philadelphia. The class I taught to the students in California was exactly the same as the class I taught in Philadelphia. The quality of the students was also the same. In fact, the two groups had the same mean and standard deviation on their midterm exams.

Whoever called it Wharton Lite doesn't know what he is talking about.

Answer 3

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quite possibly they might not have had the curriculum you were seeking???? Besides, who cares if tiny little insignificant SF State rejected you---you have an opportunity to go to TWO of the best schools in the COUNTRY........ forget the rejection and REJOICE that HARVARD and WHARTON both want you!!!!!

Answer 4

Hahaha. That's just how it works some times. Maybe Harvard was doing an experiment. Maybe SF state didn't have any spots open. The college thing is often just a gamble.

Answer 5

Www.extension.harvard.edu