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sung1contrarian

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  1. Hi, I wanted to get some feedback/tips from current students or alumni of the Harvard Extension School’s ALM in Software Engineering. Any feedback would be great but here are some that came to mind: How challenging are the courses?What was the biggest hurdle? What do you wish you knew before you started the program? Did you feel it was worth the ROI? Did the degree greatly improve employment opportunities, or were employers mainly focused on the technologies listed on your resume? How did the degree impact your income? Do you come across any negative inference to HES from the “traditional” Ivy leaguers? A bit of background on me: I have been in the web development field for 15 years (started as a graphic designer and now primarily doing front-end development). I was almost done at Rutgers for a BA in Communication but left to join a startup as a graphic designer and have been working since. I am currently working for a major consumer technology company as a web developer. I always felt not having a technical degree on my resume was a road block in getting through the HR filter for upper tier positions. I am currently in the process of finishing up my last few credits at Thomas Edison State College for a BA in Communications, since I have met most of the degree requirements already, and focused on getting a masters in CS or similar field to help with future employment. And information you can share is greatly appreciated!
  2. I entered college back in 1994 and was academically dismissed in 1999, and needless to say my transcript is atrocious. I only require a few semesters to graduate and I am planning to go back to get my bachelors and then masters. I was accepted for reenrollment by my old college and was offered an Academic Amnesty program where I can get a fresh start on my GPA. The transcript will still show all the classes previously taken, but the ones with D’s and F’s will not count towards graduation requirements, and my GPA will only be calculated using the newly taken classes after reenrollment. So technically I have a chance of achieving a 4.0 GPA. Down side is that there is no online class option, so I will have to do evening classes or leave work early two days a week for a few semesters. Please correct me if I am misinformed, but I believe that transferring to another college will in essence do the same thing. Transferrable credits move over, new GPA calculation, etc. But the transcript with the terrible GPA will still exist at my old school. One major plus for this option is that I can transfer to a college offering online programs so I can pursue my degree with minimal affect to my job. I would like to know how much emphasis graduate schools put on each scenario. If I transfer to an online college and graduate with high GPA, would graduate schools also look at the transcript from my old school and average it? Or would the GPA from the institution that I get the degree matter most? If I have a solid GPA after the Academic Amnesty option, would grad school not care? Is an online degree a significant negative?
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