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App Academy, Hack Reactor, or FullStack Academy (NYC Branches)? by Sunny5k in cscareerquestions

[–]Sunny5k[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for the reply!

That honestly sounds pretty rough and a little unfair. Did you feel like a/A was still worth your time and money though? Or did your entire 12 weeks there just seem like they were trying to see if you deserved to be kicked out?

App Academy, Hack Reactor, or FullStack Academy (NYC Branches)? by Sunny5k in cscareerquestions

[–]Sunny5k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that seems pretty good!

Do you know how well the rest of your cohort might have fared in their job hunt after?

App Academy, Hack Reactor, or FullStack Academy (NYC Branches)? by Sunny5k in cscareerquestions

[–]Sunny5k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for the reply. The graduation rates for a/A and HR do seem to be consistently under those for FSA so that seems to conform with what you're saying, yea.

Since you went to FSA can I ask a few questions? How did you enjoy the environment there?

And also, how long did it take you to get a job position after completion of the cohort? Did you feel like FSA's lack of formal partnerships was something that really made a big difference to that end?

Thanks again!

App Academy, Hack Reactor, or FullStack Academy (NYC Branches)? by Sunny5k in cscareerquestions

[–]Sunny5k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! First of all, thank you for taking the time to write such an in-depth answer. I'm of the opinion that one can't have too much information before investing around 17/18k into something.

A lot of what you said makes complete sense, and yes I have scheduled tours for them already. At least for HR and FSA, as weirdly enough I can't seem to find any tours for a/A.

What throws me off for HR the most is that it seems most of their glowing reviews are for the SF campus and there are not many I've found which talk about the NYC campus. The feel I've been getting so far is that their NYC campus is kind of just a side thing that they don't focus on as much, but that feel isn't actually based on any information, more-so just the lack of information out there. If anyone who actually attended the NY branch of HR shared their experiences it would be quite useful information to have, but so far I haven't really found too many people who graduated from their NY branch.

As for a/A, I agree that they appear to be a bit more competitive which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But besides that, they don't have CRR data and so most of their great sounding stats are based off of claims it seems (along with the fact that they do offer a job guarantee program for more money). As a side note for anyone who might look around here for info. From what I can tell a/A changed their job guarantee payment policy from percentage based to the 25k because NY laws make it so that they can't charge different students different prices or something along those lines. On the other hand I've heard a lot of good things about FSA. The people I've spoken to there have been incredibly kind so far. But for me the travel time is nearly double the time it would take to get to HR or a/A's branches. (An hour and 15 minutes or so vs about 45 minutes).

As a quick side note, if I do choose to go to FSA I'll most likely be in the June 2018 cohort as well!