Job Description
App Academy offers 24 weeks online immersive software engineering course on a full-time basis. They also provide onsite course training at the campuses located in New York City and San Francisco. Their curriculum is largely based on a hands-on approach in Python and JavaScript. App Academy has trained over 3,000 students in software development.
Interested candidates can submit their application online, complete two coding challenges, appear for an interview, and can receive an admission decision in a few days. Candidates can also enroll in App Academy Prep programs to increase their chances of admission.
They offer a deferred payment plan where students are only required to pay tuition if they get a job post-graduation. There are two pricing models: a completely upfront model and a hybrid model that combines both deferred and upfront methods.
At the end of the program, the career coaches of App Academy will assist you in finding a software engineering job. Through 24 weeks of training course, you’ll be able to build a solid portfolio of code that can help you drive more career opportunities.
| Rating Criteria | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|
| Student to Teacher Ratio | 25:1 | 3 |
| Placement Rate | 98% | 5 |
| Number of years in the business | 8 | 5 |
| Total Average Rating | 4.33/5 |
How to Apply?
App Academy follows the rolling admissions process with classes starting each month. Though the admissions process differs depending on the applicant, yet the entire process could take around 2 to 6 weeks. Candidates can take these simple steps to enroll in the course:
- Write an Application– First, you need to write an application explaining your background and reasons for your interest in App Academy.
- Non-technical assessments– Next, you have to take a 25-minute test, which includes logical reasoning, personality, & typing assessments.
- Fit Interview– After completing the non-technical assessment test, there will be a 25-minute video interview, which will be also non-technical.
- Acceptance- Once you are done with tests, you will receive an admission decision & an access to the technical challenges.
- Technical challenges– Lastly, before enrolling in the course, you have to complete the technical challenge in HTML/CSS, Boolean logic, and Git.
Online Courses
App Academy Open
(MySQL, MongoDB, JavaScript, Design, Rails, React.js, Node.js, Ruby, Front End, SQL)
Cost – NA
This course gives you free access to App Academy’s entire full stack curriculum that has helped thousands of candidates’ land software development jobs. In this plan, you get over 1,500 hours of material, an interactive coding environment, and features like group chat that keep prospective coders connected.
Full Stack Web Development
(MongoDB, SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Design, User Experience Design, CSS, DevOps, React.js, Data Structures, Node.js, Front End)
Cost – $17,000
Over a span of 16 weeks, students learn the skills they need to begin their career as a web developer. Through hands-on projects teaching style, the camp trains you to build applications with Ruby on JavaScript, Rails, and Redux/React. You don’t need prior programming experience to join this course but you should have tenacity for building cool stuff.