Grace Hopper Academy Bootcamp Review

Grace Hopper Academy is a New York City-based coding academy that offers the Fullstack JavaScript Immersive bootcamp for those who want to start a career in web and mobile development. Grace Hopper Academy especially caters to women who want to enroll in the program. No down payment is required for the program. Instead, Grace Hopper Academy takes 22.5% of a student’s first year’s salary when they find a job. Students have the option to pay a down payment if they want, which costs $16,810 upfront. The latter option is mainly for entrepreneurs who operate their own business and full-time students who cannot work full-time jobs yet.
At Grace Hopper Academy, students learn the fundamentals of computer science, such as algorithms, data structures, and object oriented programming. Students learn the latest frameworks and popular languages used in the industry today: Git, Github, Rails, AngularJS, Node.js, MongoDB, Ruby, HTML, CSS, CSS3, JQuery, and JavaScript.
The Fullstack JavaScript Immersive is 17 weeks long and is divided into two phases. The first phase is a four week-long remote class called Foundations that requires 25+ hours of dedicated work per week. It includes learning materials, weekly assignments, and weekly one-on-one virtual office hours with a GHA instructor. Foundations covers a solid base of web development knowledge and a deeper understanding of JavaScript, so students hit the ground running on the first day of live instruction on campus. The second phase of the program is the on-campus portion in New York City, which runs for 13 weeks and is a mix of lectures, workshops, and projects. This portion of the program is full-time and requires 50+ hours of work each week.