Residential: students come in to our building (555 Post st, San Francisco) and are typically taking classes, with time for breaks, between 9:30am-5:30pm. The majority of students live in a dorm that is a walking distance from our main campus building.
Student clubs: any student can start a club. Current clubs involve startup club, writing club, "Get Fit" club, hardware club and more.
Degree granting: students get a Bachelor in Applied Computer Science
Class sessions: students take classes, though ours are very hands-on activity-based then lecture-based.
DIFFERENT:
~2 year Bachelor instead of 4 years
Income Share Agreement: Instead of paying tuition upfront or taking out a loan, you repay a portion of your salary back after graduating. This ensures that all incentives are aligned. The school doesn't get paid unless the student finds success. The ISA only kicks in after students make more than $60k
Instructors have personal relationships with students: instructors and students get to know each other on an informal basis as mentors instead of just being instructors
Project based: As opposed to strictly focusing on taking tests and theory of computer science, you actually build real projects. You leave the school with 5-6 portfolio projects of software you can show employers. We hear "it's not what you know, it's what you can do." Make School is the embodiment of that Mantra
Community: at 200 students, we create a really tight knit community, rich with peer learning and support. Students are constantly supporting each other and nearly 1/2 of all senior students are peer mentors!
Industry integration: Seniors are working in teams to build software for actual organizations. Organizations span non-profits related to immigration, global health, disability accessibility, refugee communities all the way to companies in areas of insurance, media, professional development. Some collaborating companies are run by graduates of YC or alumni. We also have industry review our curriculum, working engineers come in and mentor, and we teach students how to reach out to mentors in industry.
In the heart of San Francisco: our location puts you right in the center of tech central (Reddit and Twitch headquarters are just a few blocks away). This proximity provides ample opportunities to attend Meetups, conferences, and mingling with industry.
Character Development: we move beyond coding skill to help students build empathy, willower, compassion. These lessons are layered into team projects, group presentations, user interviewing, productivity hacks and more.
Small class size: classes are typically 20-30 students.
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SIMILAR:
Residential: students come in to our building (555 Post st, San Francisco) and are typically taking classes, with time for breaks, between 9:30am-5:30pm. The majority of students live in a dorm that is a walking distance from our main campus building.
Student clubs: any student can start a club. Current clubs involve startup club, writing club, "Get Fit" club, hardware club and more.
Degree granting: students get a Bachelor in Applied Computer Science
Class sessions: students take classes, though ours are very hands-on activity-based then lecture-based.
DIFFERENT:
~2 year Bachelor instead of 4 years
Income Share Agreement: Instead of paying tuition upfront or taking out a loan, you repay a portion of your salary back after graduating. This ensures that all incentives are aligned. The school doesn't get paid unless the student finds success. The ISA only kicks in after students make more than $60k
Instructors have personal relationships with students: instructors and students get to know each other on an informal basis as mentors instead of just being instructors
Project based: As opposed to strictly focusing on taking tests and theory of computer science, you actually build real projects. You leave the school with 5-6 portfolio projects of software you can show employers. We hear "it's not what you know, it's what you can do." Make School is the embodiment of that Mantra
Community: at 200 students, we create a really tight knit community, rich with peer learning and support. Students are constantly supporting each other and nearly 1/2 of all senior students are peer mentors!
Industry integration: Seniors are working in teams to build software for actual organizations. Organizations span non-profits related to immigration, global health, disability accessibility, refugee communities all the way to companies in areas of insurance, media, professional development. Some collaborating companies are run by graduates of YC or alumni. We also have industry review our curriculum, working engineers come in and mentor, and we teach students how to reach out to mentors in industry.
In the heart of San Francisco: our location puts you right in the center of tech central (Reddit and Twitch headquarters are just a few blocks away). This proximity provides ample opportunities to attend Meetups, conferences, and mingling with industry.
Character Development: we move beyond coding skill to help students build empathy, willower, compassion. These lessons are layered into team projects, group presentations, user interviewing, productivity hacks and more.
Small class size: classes are typically 20-30 students.
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