I completed the Data Science Immersive remote course in May 2021. My instructors were smart, helpful, and supportive, and my classmates were the same. I was really happy to be surrounded by so many like-minded data-nerds :) The course itself is very intensive, but do-able as long as you're prepared to sacrifice a part of your social life for 3 months. We had about 2 labs (homework) per week and a project every other week, peppered in with hackathons and quizzes as well. I thought the majority of the labs and all the projects were helpful in terms of supplementing the coursework and providing hands-on experience. My only piece of negative feedback was that some of the lessons were obviously not updated or had typos - not great when you're paying $15K. Also, sometimes it seems like the instructors do not review lessons beforehand and that they are simply filling in the code based on solutions they have on the side. For the most part it didn't bother me too much since I don't expect them to know everything but just be prepared to ask questions and self-study when things don't make sense. GA's Outcomes team is great and full of resources to help you in the job search process including resume and portfolio reviews, interview prep, etc. The only potential issue I can think of is that many of the career coaches are balancing multiple cohorts at once so it may feel like you don't get as much dedicated time - which is fine since the actual job search process should largely be your responsibility. |