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Horizons School of Technology - CLOSED

Boston, Philadelphia

About Horizons School of Technology

Location: Boston, Philadelphia

Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference.

The Horizons School of Technology is a software engineering bootcamp designed for college students and recent graduates. They offer full-time summer and semester programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. Programs are geared toward students... Read More

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Horizons Immersive Software Development Course

Cost: $10,000
Duration: 12 weeks
Locations: Boston, Philadelphia
In-person Only
Course Description:

Learn how to build end to end web applications
Collaborate with the other software engineers in your class
Gain an understanding of how to work on larger engineering teams
Augment your critical thinking skills
Develop a strong fundamental understanding of computer science and engineering best practices
Have the necessary cornerstone knowledge to quickly learn new programming languages and continue building your arsenal as an engineer
Develop healthy new productivity habits

You are most importantly building the foundational pieces that will allow you to understand how web applications work, quickly learn new languages, pick up iOS development or dive deeper into other, more complex, software problems.

Horizons School of Technology Reviews

Average Ratings (All Programs)

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4.86/5 (49 reviews)

Anonymous
Graduated: 2017

7/12/2018

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"More than just a bootcamp"

I came in looking to learn how to build something with my bare hands (and as a non-cs major). After a few months with Horizons, I felt pretty confident that I could build anything I wanted or at least learn how to build something, if it wasn't apparent.... Read More

Quinn
Entrepreneur | Graduated: 2017

4/3/2018

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"Definitely worth your time and money"

Horizons is a little bit expensive, but the people with whom you are surrounded and the skills you learn far surpass the cost of the program. It was one of the hardest summers of my life, but I do not regret doing this immediately after graduation. The... Read More

Asif
Management Consultant | Graduated: 2017

4/1/2018

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"Horizons is an experience that you should just do - you'll not regret it!"

The program is a home for students who are incredibly motivated and inspiring. You will find yourself among peers who are from the top of their class with such diverse backgrounds. If you don't learn how to code (which you will) you'll definitely learn... Read More

If you have gotten this far in reading my review, just take the leap. Apply at least, and then make the decision.

Francisco Flores
Full Stack Engineer | Graduated: 2017

3/30/2018

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"Best Decision I've Ever Made"

Horizons is by far the best experience with coding I have ever had. I was at first a bit skeptical, especially because they didn't require a ton of coding experience. They really start from the basics and teach everything you need to know (and more) to... Read More

Jamie Tomlinson
Software Engineering Intern | Graduated: 2017

3/30/2018

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"Skills to Launch Your Career"

In my sophomore year of college, studying Computer Science, I was torn between pursuing an internship or participating in the Horizons Summer Program. I was at a stage in my education where I had 2.5 years worth of CS formal education, and yet when I... Read More

The program was everything I wanted and more. I learned so many skills and got to learn and collaborate with incredible, smart people. Horizons did not only give me crucial skills to land an internship, but the confidence to do so.

Sahir Jamal
Graduated: 2017

3/30/2018

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"Horizons School of Technology - A+ time!"

Throughout the 3 months, I learned to write both front-end and back-end code in JavaScript. Class was structured as Monday-Friday from 9am — 6pm with lectures from 9am — 12pm and partner coding from 1pm — 6pm. Lectures were either in person or pre-recorded... Read More

The first 2 weeks we focused on front-end and learned HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and jQuery. On top of the CSS, we learned Bootstrap and Flexbox, which made everyone wonder “Why does anyone bother with front-end?”. The next two weeks were spent on building back-end skills like, learning how to work with servers, databases, sockets, promises, and touching on cyber security. During this time we made basic versions of Facebook, Amazon, Momentum to solidify our learnings. The week after was spent getting familiar with writing in ES6 and learning React, and Redux. The last week of learning was spent working with React Native and dabbling in mobile development.

It was tough. Sometimes I would get very frustrated because I was exhausted. Sometimes I would feel defeated after hours and hours of unsuccessful debugging. Most of the time I felt lost and I thought I was way behind many of my peers. Towards the end of the camp, while I was working on my travel app, I saw my long hours of coding and many hours of frustration come to fruition. Things started clicking and I began to not need the help of the TA’s as much anymore. I began to feel confident enough to code without any hand holding, not because I became a kick-ass coder, but rather because the camp taught me how to learn to code. In other words, when I was stuck on a problem I knew what tricks I could use to debug and how to research and test out different paths to a solution, but most importantly: Horizons gave me the confidence to want to learn anything thrown my way.

Overall, would 100% do it again!

Link to full review: https://medium.com/@sahirjamal/my-experience-at-horizons-coding-bootcamp-ecfa57acc7cf

Neil Perry
Graduated: 2017

12/29/2017

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"Better than College"

I spent the summer in San Francisco learning at Horizons and I am still amazed at what an incredible experience it was! I learned practical skills at a rate that vastly outpaced that of my CS classes at UW-Madison. In addition to this, these were skills... Read More

Andre
Graduated: 2017

10/31/2017

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"Great for CS Majors"

As a CS Major coming from a well respected CS university I went into the summer already familiar with Data Structures & Algorithms as well as Computer Organization, System Design, and Artificial Intelligence. With that being said all summer I was challenged... Read More

10/10 loved the curriculum as well as the amazing individuals I was surrounded with! The summer I spent at Horizons in San Francisco was definitely one of the high points of my life!

Louis Biret
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1/10/2017

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"Mind Blowing"

Horizons School of Technology is an amazing experience to learn the most you ever could during a summer.
I remember staying often for 15 hours per day in class, and some TA's even spent the night helping students that needed it most.
The pace is really... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2016

1/3/2017

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"Perfect for Entry into Software Engineering"

If you are looking to gain fundamental knowledge on web development or software engineering, look no further. Horizons will give you the tools you will need to build some amazing products and launch a career in software engineering.

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Finally, Horizons was incredibly supportive during the job search. I was able to schedule multiple mock interviews with TAs and get very personal feedback on how to improve before my actual interviews (something that can be pretty costly -- think gainlo.com). TAs also provided resume help and also tips on negotiating salary/benefits once you get an offer.

If you are hoping to switch careers or gain insight into the software engineering world, I would highly recommend Horizons.

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