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	Reviewer Name	Review Body
	Brandon Leyva	The Springboard Curriculum was well put together and organized. I felt like it gave a good foundation for the key concepts that are needed to be applied to be a successful data analyst. The community and mentorship were helpful as well. My one desire is that the program would have been more rigorous. There were too many "fill in the blank" assignments or assignments with explicit instructions that didn't encourage the kind of critical thinking that is necessary to excel. Overall, I think it gave me a decent foundation, but I still left the program feeling like I still had a LOT to learn.
	Ella Moyer	Springboard’s mentor-led UX career track is so in-depth, engaging and challenging. I loved the content in the curriculum and the projects I had the opportunity to work on. I was set up for career success and landed a great job even before finishing the coursework!
	Eric Rivera	My experience with Springboard was overall really great. It is competitively priced and one of the longer boot camps out there (9 months). The self-paced model is definitely not for everyone, but it allowed me the flexibility I needed to continue working full-time as a bartender while learning UX and building my portfolio. The curriculum is compiled of articles created by Springboard and curated from around the internet, as well as exercises that build into capstones that can be utilized as portfolio projects. There are weekly calls with an industry professional mentor that help keep you on track and guide your learning. Additionally, there are periodic coaching calls to make sure your resume, portfolio, and social media are coming along with your course progress. This turned out to be a huge advantage as I had all the pieces to begin job hunting once I graduated. The mandatory mock interviews at the end of the course helped build my confidence and prepare me for the interview process, including salary negotiation, portfolio presentation, and whiteboard challenges- all of which I utilized in finalizing my offer. My experience with their customer service and student advising was always pleasant and prompt. One thing that really helped me get my offer was the IDP (Industry Design Project), where students are paired with a start-up and get the chance to work on real-life UX problems. From what I heard, this experience can vary depending on the company and team you are assigned to- for me it was monumental in gaining the necessary experience and having client-facing talking points during interviews. As previously mentioned, the self-paced model is not for everyone, and if you were to nitpick the curriculum, yes you could in theory find these articles on the web and teach yourself, but this model is good for those wanting a curated learning experience with real-life support. With the growing number of boot camps out there, I think it can be difficult to take the leap and jump in, and I recognize that there was a bit of luck that went into my success, but if you are curious about the field of UX and able to work hard to develop your portfolio, I think Springboard is worth looking into.

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