Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Is Harvard
worth $50,000 if it's only online? That depends on who you ask
A very
difficult choice to make to start a new freshman year at one of the most
prestigious universities, Harvard. The oldest institution of higher learning in
the US announced that their new fall classes will be held online. Freshmen can choose
to be on campus just in the fall semester but will take classes from their dorm
rooms. They can also attend the same online classes from home. Each option
costs $63,000 and $54,000 respectively. In other words, you’ll pay $9,000 just
to live in the dorm for a few months, where you’ll have limited and smaller-scale
chances to interact with other ambitious students, though there may not be as
many foreign students as previous years. Is it worth paying the full tuition
for online-only courses in the first place? Will $9,000 bring about a good return
on investment? If you think neither is a viable option, there is another. You
can choose to take a gap year before starting a freshman year hoping to enjoy
full benefits of the prestigious Ivy League university with classroom courses,
face-to-face interactions with the faculty members and fellow students.
For those
who are enrolled in Harvard, this is going to be their first case study to figure
out the return on investment and to make a decision.
Enjoy
reading the article and think about which option you would choose if you were to
study at Harvard.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/23/success/harvard-online-cost-student-decision/index.html
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