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Reviews, mixed ones included
A school with only five-star reviews is hiding something. Here are graduates' reviews as they came in, three-star ones and our replies included.
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Sample reviews
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★★★★★ sample
Hard, fair, and worth it
“I kept my job in a pharmacy the whole time. Tuesday and Thursday nights were tiring, but the pairing kept me honest. Code review in week 8 was brutal in a useful way.”
Aisha N. Full-Stack Web Development, part-time, 2025
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Great SQL teaching, career week felt rushed
“The SQL and stats weeks were the best teaching I've had anywhere. The final career sprint tried to fit too much into one week. Career Services made up for it after graduation.”
Luis R. Data Analytics, full-time, 2025
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Critique made me better
“Twice-weekly critique was uncomfortable at first. By week 6 I could explain every decision in my designs, and that's exactly what my interviewers asked about.”
Mei T. UX Design, full-time, 2025
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Good program, wrong timing for me
“Full-time with a newborn at home was too much. I paused once and rejoined, which helped, but I wish I'd picked part-time from the start. Teaching was solid.”
Northpath replied
Thank you, Daniel. You're right that we could ask more about life at home in the admissions call. We've added a question about it.
Daniel O. Full-Stack Web Development, full-time, 2025
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The stats weeks paid off at work
“I moved from a support role into an analyst role at the same company. The A/B testing memo from week 7 was basically my internal interview.”
Grace P. Data Analytics, part-time, 2025
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Honest about the job market
“My search took 7 months. Nobody pretended otherwise, and the mock portfolio reviews kept me going. I'd like one more research project in the curriculum.”
Sam W. UX Design, part-time, 2025
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Code review culture is real
“Instructors never said 'looks good'. Every comment pointed at a line and a reason. The backend weeks moved fast; I used the recordings a lot.”
Kofi B. Full-Stack Web Development, part-time, 2024
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Fit around my shifts
“I work rotating shifts and still made most sessions. When I couldn't, the TA office hours caught me up. Python weeks were the hardest part for me.”
Hannah L. Data Analytics, part-time, 2024
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Admissions told me to wait
“In my first call they suggested I finish the prep course before choosing a start date. I almost felt turned away. Looking back, it's why I didn't fall behind.”
Ravi S. Full-Stack Web Development, full-time, 2024
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Three longer stories: faster, near and slower than the median
Real outcomes reporting includes the third kind. These are samples too, written for this demo.
“The honest part nobody tells you: the program was the easy half. I sent about 140 applications over four months. What got me through was the weekly career-sprint structure and a portfolio I could actually defend line by line.”
“I came from retail management with zero code. The pay jump was real but not a fantasy number: I started at $58k. The stats weeks and the memo-writing practice are what I use every single day.”
“It took me longer than the median and there were weeks I doubted the whole thing. Career Services never sugar-coated it. They just kept doing mock portfolio reviews with me until the reviews stopped hurting.”
Stories are one person each. For the whole picture, read the example outcomes report, where every graduate counts.
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