I was excited about the online masters program offered by Georgia Institute of Technology (mentioned in the article) in August 2014, but got rejected. I know my application was not as good as those that were accepted.<p>But why create an online course and prevent people from paying you? I thought one of the major purposes of online courses was inclusion and fighting elitism.<p>Anyway, I created my own curriculum and it is more rigorous than the one offered on Udacity for free. But I do miss interacting with other students.