| | Anonymous | Weekly one on one mentors as the Code Academy Website stated never happened. We met two mentors in person once each in class and never saw them again. Another two mentors were introduced via video chats and we never saw them again either.
We were never enrolled in a “career placement network.” The only assistance we received in this arena was a few job openings posted occasionally through a jobs channel on Slack and recommendations that we “just Google” job openings.
Program accreditation was promised to be completed before the end of the Capstone Project by Micah Yost, the Faculty Leader, who left the program as it started to fall apart. He designed the program as a marketing scheme for his marketing company Method Mark. None of the promises he and the university made were fulfilled.
We were told that the program would be accredited and that credits would be given for the program. We later learned that the process for accreditation was never even started and would never be pursued at all.
The instructors though sweet and kind have no teaching experience at all. Wow, we paid $12,000 for this bootcamp!
Based on the excellent reputation of Midland University we were lead to believe that the Midland Code Academy was a high-quality program that was backed by the University under the umbrella of its policies and would provide a learning environment that enhances academic excellence and integrity. However, there was no follow-through on the goals, as we do not have the skills, portfolios, or the networks to help us obtain one of the supposed hundreds of jobs available.
None of the promises made to us during the open house, during classes, or on the website were met.
Obviously, the University was not prepared to adequately deliver the Code Academy, and we have paid the price in many ways
We feel that we deserve and are requesting a full refund of all monies paid by or on behalf of each student in the Midland University Code Academy program. |
