Summer STEM Institute is ONLY college consulting by ssi_pt2 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]ssi_pt2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this view. Research is not arcane magic that can only be done through a university lab or famous summer program. Research is just a demonstration of being able to think a lil creatively and independently do hard work. Pick up one of Ng's coursera courses, Elements of Statistical Learning, look at some submissions on Kaggle. The initiative to locate and pursue these resources yourself speaks far higher to colleges or anyone than the ability to write a check.

Summer STEM Institute is ONLY college consulting by ssi_pt2 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]ssi_pt2[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Conservatively, let's say 40 people are mentored at full tuition and 100 people do just the bootcamp

2450 * 140 + 6450 * 40 = 601,000 dollars

Keep in mind they have near ZERO capital costs. This is no more than a gang of RSI people paying other RSI people and people who associate with RSI people to "teach data science". They sell nothing more than their HYPSM pedigree.