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	Reviewer Name	Review Body
	Jordan	General Assemblies UXDI course is a fun but ultimately shallow introduction to User Experience. From overly simplified coursework, packed classes, to career coaches who provide contempt instead of support; GA's only goal is to churn out students. Having completed the course in 2019, and submitted between 300 and 400 applications to open job postings, I can confidently say that GA has failed to qualify me for internships. While the instructors are "experts' in their fields they have no motivation to provide the required feedback, or attention to students; especially when they themselves are looking for their next job. The career coaches and the advertised 1000's of hiring partners seem to be absent as well, as the provided support is tainted with contempt, apathy and lies, for graduated job seekers. My advice, look for a longer program that can reach greater depths into the disciplines. Because GA will not, cannot, and more over is incapable of helping.
	Anonymous	Overall I do not regret my decision to attend GA. I met some amazing people, and feel that I learned skills that will benefit me in my career change. It's been 10 months since I've graduated and I still do not have a job. The timing of when I finished school (right at the start of COVID) definitely affected employment, but I do feel like administration was a little misleading when it came to how soon I could expect to find work and gave somewhat unrealistic expectations about that process (I think they told me the average student is employed within 3 months of graduation). The payment program is helpful through and it is nice to know that I don't have to pay anything back until I am employed full time. The instructors are great and the material is relevant to the more useful skills to know in the real world. I got to attend in person for half of the time and the facility was nice. I enjoyed the pace of the course and felt like it was hard but not too overwhelming and I had a lot of support both during class time and outside of class from the instructors. I never felt that I couldn't ask a question or get further clarification about something. I wish I had more support during the course with preparing for after graduation. I felt like there was not enough time spent on the job seeking side of things. It would have been helpful to have more direct support from career coaches, help with portfolios, and other job seeking materials. I also found there were much better methods of doing some of the things I learned that I wished had been implemented in class. I think there were some concepts/skills that were taught in class in a way that was easier to understand, but not necessarily the best way to do them.

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