Well....this course is a required course to enter into the Harvard ALB program. Taking this course and two others will, with the required grades, get me into a program that will allow me to get my Bachelor's from Harvard University.

FWIW, I looked into finishing up my Bachelor's at all of the universities you mentioned. ALL of them were ridiculously expensive and far inferior in terms of how they handled "older" students who were also working full-time. For instance, GWU now charges a flat-rate for tuition per year of almost $36K. Their rate per credit hour for part-time students is ~$900. That would make a class of 4 credits about $3600. That SAME class at Harvard will go for about $700. I looked at George Mason as well (since they are right down the street from me and my g/f goes there) and believe me when I tell you that the quality of the other students is far from optimal.

At least with Harvard I can almost be guaranteed that the students will be serious and the teaching will be excellent. I got this question from others in this thread as well as from the advisor at Harvard (he wondered the same thing) and the MAIN reason that I'm willing to put myself through this pain is the quality of the education is what is most important to me, NOT the degree. At any rate, all this travelling is doing is getting the ball rolling. I will still have to move to Cambridge to finish up at some point in the future. Doing the commuting thing only helps me to get started a little earlier on making progress while I wait for my job/family situation clears up here and my schedule is a little more open for temporary relocation.