Taking a look at Harvard online?

I heard classes at Harvard are for the most part an easy-going cupcake scene and most students are given passing grades and don't really have to do much of anything, but is Harvard easy? I heard its nearly impossible to get a C- in any class there.

Is this true? I don't know anything about their online classes. Does it help interns / youngster job seekers to add  a course of completion from say, Harvard Business School online plastered onto your resume for example? Yay or Nay? Share your thoughts.

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The only thing I can attest to is the grade inflation at Harvard, it's ridiculous. But if you went to Princeton, MIT, JHU, or UChicago, those schools actually challenge and prep your mind. I've heard many people on this forum say that high schoolers and underclassmen sometimes include a class or two from Coursera or edX to show that they passed a class from Yale or Columbia which correlates to them being a douche or prestige whore. In my opinion, I would add it only if there was a statistic that showed around half of the people failed and that you have passed it, else, just use the knowledge from the online course during your work, and if an employer asks how you figured out a certain problem just say: "I took an online course from HBS". Hope this helps!

 

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