App Academy
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| Established | 2012 |
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San Francisco, CA, USA 37°47′29″N 122°23′37″W / 37.7913°N 122.3937°WCoordinates: 37°47′29″N 122°23′37″W / 37.7913°N 122.3937°W |
| Website | http://www.appacademy.io |
App Academy is a twelve-week intensive computer programming school founded by Ned Ruggeri and Kush Patel.
Introduced in 2012, App Academy’s "job-guaranteed" financing model demonstrates a tuition-free structure that promises individuals a career at the conclusion of the program. App Academy’s model "reverses the traditional incentive structure for higher education"; this has received media attention and was described by Wired as "flipping the script on student loans". 93% of App Academy’s first cohort found jobs, paying an average salary of $83,000. If a student does not find a career within the first year of graduation, the individual is not charged for tuition. Currently, 98% of App Academy graduates find jobs, with an average salary of $105,000 in San Francisco and $89,000 in New York City. Since the establishment of App Academy, over 700 graduates have been placed at tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Cisco, and more.
App Academy, as of 2014, reported an acceptance rate of about 5%. Individuals who applied for the program ranged from "top Ivy League graduates to someone who used to be a night janitor." During the admissions process, students are required to complete introductory level coding work to show programmer potential, however, applicants do not need to have prior coding experience to apply. Once accepted, students can expect to allocate 90–100 hours per week for coding. The curriculum covers the full stack of web development, but primarily focuses on Ruby on Rails and Javascript while spending substantial time on React, Flux, JQuery and SQL. App Academy also provides job assistance for life, allowing students to learn new languages although they have graduated.
App Academy’s 12-week program is broken into 3 sections with over 500 hours of instructional time for every student who attends the course;
Weeks 1-5: Begins with introductory level programming concepts, and results in a deeper understanding of Ruby and SQL.
Weeks 6-9: Introduces Javascript, React, and Flux, amongst others.
Weeks 10-12: Focuses on advanced algorithms and the job search. The job search curriculum focuses on resume help, whiteboarding, technical interview training, salary negotiation and culminates in a hiring day for graduates.
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