Question(s)! Pick and choose! (or you can answer all
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1) When can I start to apply to the fall 2008 Health Careers Program? (basically when is the *earliest I can apply -- can I do so even before I obtain my Bachelors degree in May of 2008?)
2) The second main requirement for HES addmisions is to be in "good financial standing with the "Division of Continuing Education" " However, I went to the website and it directed me right back to the HCP website. Im worried about this because Im essentially a porper, undergrad student, with $1000s in debt with loans, and I stem from a single parent home. Anyway, can anyone direct me to the financial requirements?
3) Why do they ask for SAT scores...does it play a part in the admissions decision? My verbal score was only 440, if I can recall- would this hinder me? (and I am an English native) My math score was significantly higher.
4) Do you know anyone who was denied from HES or the HCP program? for what reason? I'm still weary about my application stats with my low gpa (~2.7 cumulat) Which brings me to ask...
5) Is there a way I can calculate my overall, science, and non-science GPA without going through the entire AMCAS application process? I would just like to see where I stand now.
6) Do you drive or take public transit to night classes- do you ever feel unsafe? is it pretty desolate at night? What does the general population of Harvard students do (including the "traditional" Harvard University students) Im basically debating on whether or not to bring my '95 car with me from NC)
7) What is the approx. average age of the students enrolled in HCP?
8) Why is the drop out rate so high!? I read somewhere that 1000s enroll in the program but only a few 100s graduate. Why is this so? Can it be that challenging? Are these "drop-outs" mostly those who never had taken science courses before entering the program? Will I be at an advantage given that Im a biology major, and I have already taken the basic premed pre-req courses? What makes the courses so difficult?
9) How much free time do you (honestly) have with a regular class schedule (8 hrs/semester) - do you have time for relaxing or is it extremely stressful?
10) How about volunteering in the medical hospital or doing research? Has anyone had experience with that? How was it? Were you then pressed for time?
11) Can you send me pictures of Harvard, the Extension School, and/or the halls where classes are taken? (I'm perhaps a bit over-demanding at this point? but I'd like to see what my surroundings would look like - yea, I'm a bit over excited)
11) Thank you so much in advance!