General Assembly
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General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers part-time and full-time bootcamps and short courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science, and more. The bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practitioners in their field. Students should expect to build a solid portfolio of real-life projects. Since 2011, General Assembly has graduated more than 40,000 students worldwide from the full time and part time bootcamp.
To enroll at General Assembly, applicants should submit an online application to connect with a GA Admissions team member who will work with them to decide if a tech bootcamps is the right fit. The GA Admissions staff are also prepared to speak with applicants about the best tech role for them, learning styles at GA, expected outcomes after the bootcamp, options to finance the bootcamp, career services offered by GA, and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, General Assembly students are supported by career coaches from day one. The program is enhanced by a career services team that is constantly in talks with employers about their tech hiring needs.
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Daria BogdanGraduate • 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York CityAug 07, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceA huge disappointment
I recently completed the GA and I must say, it was a huge disappointment. I had high hopes for this bootcamp, but unfortunately, it turned out to be a complete waste of time and money.
First and foremost, the cost of this bootcamp is exorbitant. The marketing hype led me to believe that I would be getting top-notch education and valuable skills. However, I quickly realized that I could have found something much more affordable and equally effective elsewhere....
I recently completed the GA and I must say, it was a huge disappointment. I had high hopes for this bootcamp, but unfortunately, it turned out to be a complete waste of time and money.
First and foremost, the cost of this bootcamp is exorbitant. The marketing hype led me to believe that I would be getting top-notch education and valuable skills. However, I quickly realized that I could have found something much more affordable and equally effective elsewhere. The steep price tag simply does not justify the lackluster experience I had.
Furthermore, the quality of instruction left much to be desired. While there were a few instructors who seemed knowledgeable and engaged, the same cannot be said for all of them. It was clear that not all instructors had the necessary experience to effectively teach the material. In fact, there were instances where some instructors struggled to answer even basic questions from students. This was not only frustrating but also detrimental to the learning process.
Throughout the bootcamp, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was not getting my money's worth. The promises made during enrollment were far from being fulfilled. I expected a comprehensive and enriching learning journey, but what I got was a series of disappointments and unmet expectations.
In hindsight, I regret not researching more thoroughly and exploring more affordable options. I strongly advise anyone considering this bootcamp to think twice and explore other options. Don't be fooled by the flashy marketing and overrated reputation. There are better, more cost-effective choices out there that will provide you with the same, if not superior, knowledge and learning experience.
Overall, I cannot recommend the GA based on my personal experience. Save your time and money and seek out alternatives that will provide you with a better return on your investment.
- Tan Eng Liat, JerminGraduate • 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeJul 20, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Practical and enriching
The campus is a beautiful place to study and I think the course made the right choice in it's approach of letting us do multiple projects, instead of focusing purely on the theoretical. Getting to work with a real client for the final project gave us the edge over students from bootcamps elsewhere. - AmiraStudent • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York CityJun 06, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Left a lot to be desired via remote learning
I figured I'd share my experiences since finishing my software engineering course. There are things that are intentionally held back until after you join your cohort. One of those things is more information about the milestone projects. I was trying to better prepare myself for what was required of me by asking these questions. When I asked about the markers of success and how you were graded to proceed successfully throughout the course, I was given a generic pass or fail but it's actua...I figured I'd share my experiences since finishing my software engineering course. There are things that are intentionally held back until after you join your cohort. One of those things is more information about the milestone projects. I was trying to better prepare myself for what was required of me by asking these questions. When I asked about the markers of success and how you were graded to proceed successfully throughout the course, I was given a generic pass or fail but it's actually pass or fail the projects and you only get one project redo per course. Gratefully, I never needed it but that caused the first side-eye. The other issue was finding out towards the end of the course that you will not be employable after finishing. They give you a small foundation for you to build off of after you finish the course in order to become employable. So those who take out hefty loans with the intent of hoping to be able to pay them back in time, probably won't happen.
As for our instructor, over half of the cohort complained about him and called him rude, impatient, and mean. Teaching is not his calling. Asking if are there any questions just to be annoyed at the questions makes no sense but that was his thing. He seemed more excited with the ones who actually had a coding foundation than actual beginners but since this course really isn't for true beginners it's to be expected. A few of the people in my cohort were terrified to ask him questions. He's made a few people cry during project week. As for me, I was questioned about whether I wanted to do the course simply because I said I wasn't understanding JS. Not sure what that had to do with not wanting to do software engineering. His teaching style is not all-encompassing. It's very rigid and very much gives Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller.
I didn't have access to certain resources due to how slow admissions were moving. I had access to the pre-course work the day it was due but I was trying to get started for almost two months and was originally supposed to be in an earlier cohort but I got stiffed on that cohort and almost got stiffed on the one I actually joined. I should've just waited until the third cohort. There were resources on how to be successful in the course and I wish I had the time to actually read and do what was instructed to set me up better, however, I saw those resources halfway into my course. I would speak to student success about my grievances consistently but I don't feel as though anything happened in the background.
I'm sure it's going to take me a while to even get hired within the industry due to having to go back to my previous career path while coding and searching for work in the tech industry and also practicing self-care by not focusing on working or coding. One positive thing I can say is our TA was very helpful and knowledgeable. If it wasn't for him a lot of us felt like we would've never completed the course due to the stiff teaching style of our instructor. He was actually reteaching the lesson. He definitely was NOT paid enough to carry half of the cohort on his back like that. The GA alumni that I've come across that actually enjoyed their experiences have all done in person so maybe that's the move. I regret doing remote even though I was locally able to do it in person but remote was more in line with my needs. - Joshua JumeletGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineMay 02, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Worthwhile and Successful Experience
The time spent within my General Assembly Immersive provided me with a solid foundation to build and base my skill sets upon. I've utilized my relationships and newfound knowledge to set off on a path to changing my career. I would highly recommend this program to anyone looking to build a foundation of relevant skills in the software engineering world. - LakeishaData Analyst • Student • 4. Data Analytics Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineMay 01, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Life changing
After quitting my job as a Math Teacher. I attended General Assembly to learn new skills that I could use as a Data Analysts. The best part about the program is that there is a co teacher in the classroom that helped students who had problems navigating the material or understanding the material. After I completed my course I was able to obtain a job offer and start a new career as a Data Analyst. I’m so grateful that I gave General Assembly a try because I love my new job. I didn’t know...After quitting my job as a Math Teacher. I attended General Assembly to learn new skills that I could use as a Data Analysts. The best part about the program is that there is a co teacher in the classroom that helped students who had problems navigating the material or understanding the material. After I completed my course I was able to obtain a job offer and start a new career as a Data Analyst. I’m so grateful that I gave General Assembly a try because I love my new job. I didn’t know how I was going to leave teaching but I knew that I had to get out of the education field so that I could obtain a better work life experience. Last but not least, General Assembly has several payments options. I was able to find an affordable payment plan that worked for me so no excuses. - Natalie PerezGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York CityApr 30, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Loved my GA experience!
I had a great experience in General Assembly’s Software Engineering Immersive program. The instructors are knowledgeable and incredibly supportive. The material does move fast, but that true of any bootcamp. I learned so much and am well on my way to my first role as a software engineer. - Miranda GiarrettoStudentApr 28, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
BEWARE IF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU
My experience with General Assembly has been nothing but disappointing and frustrating to say the least. I enrolled in their Data Analytics Intensive program after a lot of research on boot camps, due to their impressive job report and their "commitment" to diversity and inclusion. Everything went relatively smoothly and as expected until my first week of class. After getting put in a cohort where I was the only female identifying classmate (in a class size of 6), which I only found out...My experience with General Assembly has been nothing but disappointing and frustrating to say the least. I enrolled in their Data Analytics Intensive program after a lot of research on boot camps, due to their impressive job report and their "commitment" to diversity and inclusion. Everything went relatively smoothly and as expected until my first week of class. After getting put in a cohort where I was the only female identifying classmate (in a class size of 6), which I only found out on the first day, I politely alerted the student success "team" (rather one woman) that this was something that made me uncomfortable due to having a diagnosed mental health condition stemming from some issues/incidents that came about from working in a male dominated position prior to GA and that it was triggering to me to be in this class. At the same time, I inquired about moving classes to the sister cohort that was running congruently, just in a different time zone (which I knew had females in it), and was told that once the cohorts start there is no ability to move to the other one. (even though I brought up a real concern) Mind you, this policy was never told to me before hand or in any email or document I signed/received before hand AND I asked about this on the first day. Even my instructor was under the impression that this was allowed. I did 16 years of formal education and was always allowed to move classes within the first week. (so if you have any problems with your cohort that you are paying thousands for good luck) After I was told this, I inquired about resources for women in tech and thought that maybe that would help to have a sense of community, if I wasn't going to get it from my cohort. (at the time quitting wasn't an option to me as I quit my job to take this course full time and couldn't wait another month and a half for the next cohort to start, which is another month and a half with out a full time income) The student success team then waited about 24 hours to even respond to me just to tell me to wait a few more days for them to get me resources and wrote some generic supportive type messages. At this point I was getting incredibly frustrated that no one was doing anything about my mental health disability (considering they're so "inclusive", it was affecting my learning, and I paid them 16 grand) and their lack of response to it. By the third day, I asked to speak to someone over the phone that day to clear up these issues. I was ready to drop and just figure it out, due to the anxiety mounting and no one doing anything. During this phone conversation with Brittany Lewis, I was able to explain more about my issues, and was told there was accommodations for my disability, there would be a hold put on my funding (the loan had not funded yet) until this was resolved, that she was going to escalate this as an urgent issue to her manager if I was okay with it, asked if I could prove my disabilities, and that she would have something for me by Friday (this was a Wednesday). I felt better after this conversation and felt like with people aware of my problem, acknowledging it, and providing accommodations, I could succeed. I then received a message late Friday letting me know that there was no resolution yet but asking me if I wanted to drop still so I didn't have any more anxiety going to class, and if so she would let my instructors know. After receiving this message I lost any remaining hope with GA considering I was promised a resolution on Friday, I was at my wits end feeling like they kept missing the point, and agreed to drop (I did this thinking my loan funding was on hold and there would be some sort of satisfactory resolution coming) The entire week I felt like I had to fight them to do anything to help me (which is exhausting with my mental health issues and it seemed like it should be an easy resolve) , while trying to learn at a fast pace in the class, and having massive amounts of anxiety and stress due to the triggering gender dynamics of the class. When they did give me a resolution, there was a small credit offered (that needed to be used within 60 days) if I wanted to join another cohort and a 90% refund for this cohort. It took them a week to even come up with this and there was no discussion of accommodations they offer for my disability if I were to join again and be in this situation. After dropping I also discovered that my full loan amount funded to GA. As of a month after withdrawing, I still have NOT BEEN REFUNDED and get the run around when I email them about it. It's been absolutely nothing but lies and stress, yet the recruiter has reached out to try to get me to join the next cohort. (am I suppose to take out another loan when they never paused or refunded my other one?) The entire process has felt fake and lazy. GA is a joke of an educational institution that gives you none of the benefits of a formal semester that, at least, my college offered (accommodations if people needed, timely responses to problems, the ability to change classes if you need to, proper refund procedures, proper staffing, etc) yet charges you as much if not more than a college semester. I am super upset as barring my experience with the admin team and the gender ratio causing me problems, I was excelling at the material and felt like there was so much potential. Ultimately, I could not justify the money paid for the treatment I was receiving. I had such high hopes for GA, I was excited about learning while having the help of an instructor, a network of alumni and cohort peers, and a career coach. But, unfortunately this company has done nothing but make my already diagnosed mental health problems worse.
- Eric NguyenGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineApr 20, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Efficient and Ambitious path
I learned software engineering professionally within 4 months, and I underestimated how much I knew. After graduation, I decided to network with a state college and was surrounded by 3rd and 4th years, and I was shocked when I discovered that they were learning high school level programming content! I am proud to be a college freshmen dropout and took this untraditional pathway in order for me to pursue my career!
Once I finished this course, I felt like I was on my own, so make s...I learned software engineering professionally within 4 months, and I underestimated how much I knew. After graduation, I decided to network with a state college and was surrounded by 3rd and 4th years, and I was shocked when I discovered that they were learning high school level programming content! I am proud to be a college freshmen dropout and took this untraditional pathway in order for me to pursue my career!
Once I finished this course, I felt like I was on my own, so make sure you hold yourself accountable after BootCamp. The job search will be tedious and difficult. - Sandra ArizaGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York CityApr 20, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
An unforgettable experience!
Taking a technology bootcamp course was a huge scary decision to make but I am glad I did. The instructional and the support staff, such as the student success and outcomes advisors, are all exceptional. As long as you put in the effort they will go above and beyond to support you in succeeding. The program is very challenging and demanding but if you are determined and follow their guidance you will succeed. I completed the blended course which was the best fit for me. - Bella BracheAssociate UX Strategist • Student • 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineFeb 27, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Important but not the end-all
Doing the General Assembly UX/UI course will be your starting point into a tech career, but it is not going to make up for any office experience or even real-world experience. I would highly recommend going into a similar field such as marketing or social media, to understand how office jobs work. There are also MANY UX/UI bootcamp students now, so do not believe them when they say you'll be set up to find a job. While I was employed within 2 months of my bootcamp, it was in an industry ...Doing the General Assembly UX/UI course will be your starting point into a tech career, but it is not going to make up for any office experience or even real-world experience. I would highly recommend going into a similar field such as marketing or social media, to understand how office jobs work. There are also MANY UX/UI bootcamp students now, so do not believe them when they say you'll be set up to find a job. While I was employed within 2 months of my bootcamp, it was in an industry I had worked in before as a marketer. Many of my peers are still not employed one year later. - Ong Song YiData Scientist • Graduate • 1. Data Science Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeFeb 27, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
It was exhilarating and intense
The Data Science Immersive boot camp was an eye opener into how Machine Learning operates. As this is a growing field, there were multiple topics covered and even more topics to be self studied. - Lim Rui BingSoftware Developer • Student • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeFeb 26, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Safe place to learn
In my bootcamp, everyone was non-judgemental, I just had fun learning with my class. The curriculum was great in preparing me for jobs too since it was directed at web development frameworks that are in demand. It was also very useful because there's sufficient hands on experience instead of just purely theory. Overall, was brilliant!
General Assembly Alumni Outcomes
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Employment Rate
82%
Graduation Rate
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Median Salary
Of the students who enroll at General Assembly, 82% graduated. 72% of graduates were job-seeking and N/A of job-seeking graduates found in-field employment after 180 days and report a median income of . Below is the 180 Day Employment Breakdown for 3148 graduates included in this report:
180 Day Employment Breakdown
| Description | Percentage |
| Full Time, In-Field Employee | N/A |
| Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position | N/A |
| Short-term contract, part-time position, freelance | N/A |
| Employed out-of-field | N/A |
Notes and Caveats
Download the GA 2021 Outcomes report here: https://ga.co/outcomes-report
* These outcomes are not audited by Course Report. In some cases, data is audited by a third party.
General Assembly Scholarships
Exclusive $1500 General Assembly Discount
For a limited time, take $1,500 off a General Assembly bootcamp or short-course with code CR1500GA
Eligible for students in the US, Canada and United Kingdom, excluding students in New York State. To claim the discount, enroll before January 31, 2025 and choose a start date before March 31, 2025. Please be sure to mention the Course Report CR1500GA promo code to the GA Admissions team so General Assembly can extend the discount to you upon acceptance.
Eligibility
This scholarship cannot be combined with other offers.
Qualifying Courses
- 1. Data Science Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 4. Data Analytics Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- Data Analytics (Short Course) (Online)
- Data Science (Short Course) (Online)
- Digital Marketing (Short Course) (Online)
- Front-End Web Development (Short Course) (Online)
- JavaScript Development (Short Course) (Online)
- Product Management (Short Course) (Online)
- Python Programming (Short Course) (Online)
- React Development (Short Course) (Online)
- User Experience Design (Short Course) (Online)
- Visual Design (Short Course) (Online)
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General Assembly Alumni Reviews Summary
Overall Experience
4.3
Instructors
4.4
Curriculum
4.3
Job Assistance
3.9
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FAQs
How much does General Assembly cost?
General Assembly costs around $16,450. On the lower end, some General Assembly courses like Visual Design (Short Course) cost $3,500.
What courses does General Assembly teach?
General Assembly offers courses like 1. Data Science Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Part Time), 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) and 13 more.
Where does General Assembly have campuses?
General Assembly has in-person campuses in London, New York City, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney. General Assembly also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is General Assembly worth it?
The data says yes! General Assembly reports a 84% graduation rate, and 95% of General Assembly alumni are employed. The data says yes! In 2021, General Assembly reported a 82% graduation rate, a median salary of , and N/A of General Assembly alumni are employed.
Is General Assembly legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 706 General Assembly alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed General Assembly and rate their overall experience a 4.31 out of 5.
Does General Assembly offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Yes, For a limited time, take $1,500 off a General Assembly bootcamp or short-course with code CR1500GA Eligible for students in the US, Canada and United Kingdom, excluding students in New York State. To claim the discount, enroll before January 31, 2025 and choose a start date before March 31, 2025. Please be sure to mention the Course Report CR1500GA promo code to the GA Admissions team so General Assembly can extend the discount to you upon acceptance. General Assembly accepts the GI Bill!
Can I read General Assembly reviews?
You can read 706 reviews of General Assembly on Course Report! General Assembly alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed General Assembly and rate their overall experience a 4.31 out of 5.
Is General Assembly accredited?
All of General Assembly's regulatory information can be found here: https://generalassemb.ly/regulatory-information