Springboard Avis 

I enrolled in this program thinking it would be a great opportunity. I was in the Data Analytics program, and let me tell you, all they do is give you 10 minutes of introductory videos, then they send you off to websites like datacamp, youtube, and other free sites. What a utter waste of money. Then they throw assignments you expecting you to finish them after watching your youtube videos. You get a weekly mentor that you can maybe have enough time to discuss 1 or 2 problems, other than that you're pretty much on your own. On top of that, I actually encountered an EVIL UNPROFESSIONAL worker there. Her name is Maggie Zhang. I was on work leave due to the whole COVID situation and didn't have time to do the curriculum (this was last year around May 2020) and I get an email from Maggie.

"Hi DN,
I'm following-up with you from my earlier email inquiring about your progress in your Springboard course. I'd love to discuss the course with you, and see if there's any way I can be of help or support. We do have some options that may make sense to discuss going forward.

If we don't hear from you within the next 3 business days, we'll go ahead and cancel your course enrollment. Let me know if you have any questions I can help with!
-Maggie Zheng"

WOW so this is what you get from Springboard. If the email goes to junk mail and you don't respond to her within 3 days you are out of luck and out $10,000 tuition. VERY VERY unprofessional and awful person. Before this e-mail, I literally submitted an assignment 4 days prior. She had the nerve to email me to question my attendance even after I submitted the assignment. This lady is nuts, just threatening students and then sending emails with a passive aggressive "let me know if u have any questions I can help with!" Yeah you can help me if you look in the mirror and see what kind of awful demon you are. Usually I only encounter this type of disrespect when I suspect racism is at play. Who knows?

The company of course sides with her, perhaps showing their support for possible RACISM!

After being treated like sanitary wipes, I decide not to continue with them anymore. Now I'm stuck with a $4,000 bill thanks to springboard. At least I'm in a real school now and they are actually teaching me stuff instead of redirecting me to datacamp. The least I can do is protect and inform those who come after me to prevent these con-artists from stealing more money from people who can easily learn more from youtube videos. You can definitely learn everything you need if you have the right template. Goto a different coding school.

DO NOT GO TO SPRINGBOARD, full of evil people like Maggie Zheng.

EDIT: Springboard and their advisors were nice at least. Anyways if you wipe out my 4k ill take down this review. LMK!

I'm someone interested in learning. Is it possible in springboard to get the tutorials

Instruction is solid. Nice having flexible work time. Need more time to work with mentors on projects. You're mostly on your own there.

Springboard's curriculum is detailed. It has 3 projects which help you hands on with what you learned. Mentors are helpful, experienced and knowledgeable.

I highly recommend Springboard. I just finished UX career track and had a great support from the mentor and the student counselor and career coaches. Mentor led me through the curriculum really well. Career coach has helped me a lot by showing how to effectively network and looot or a job!

Great place to acquire UI/UX design skills. Specially 1:1 weekly mentor facility is great. All the mentors are from the top companies. Career coaching is super helpful.
I gave 4 stars because of the exciting Industry Design Project(IDP) which suppose to give industry experience but that didn't help me to get any experience. It was kind of 1month waste for me.
Otherwise, Springboard is great if anyone wants to acquire new skills just don't expect much from the IDP.

Excellent source of learning with mentors and cohorts for any individual who is starting their career after a long gap or looking to harness their skills according to the market demand!!
Plus: 1-1 mentors and career guides which I did not find in any universities with that price.

Springboard has been an amazing experience! My mentor, career coaches and the student support team have all been extremely helpful in guiding me during my career change. I hesitated at first on doing an online course and was also comparing with General Assembly. I'm so glad I chose Springboard, because an acquaintance of mine took a course from GA and they weren't helpful during the post course completion. SB has ongoing post course completion.

Program is challenging and teaches a lot of key skills. Mentors working with you 1:1 weekly allows you to learn and improve based on your individual skill and need. Projects provide you with practical experience and a portfolio. Career skills are integrated to help you along the way. Career Coaches are helpful to target your search.

I wanted to change career and industry for several years and I chose Springboard's Data Science Career Track to do so while I had just been laid off “thanks to” the Covid-19 and oil crises. Great timing for a career change, I know...
I studied the Data Science curriculum, the Career curriculum, followed the great advice given by my Springboard Career Coach and my Springboard Mentor. I did everything Springboard told me to do to become a successfull, skilled Data Scientist with a great professional network and high visibility. The results of all of that is I was hired as a Data Scientist on week 13 of the program in a certified "Great Place To Work!" international company, which leads its industry in the US.

Pros:
- 100% online curriculum with great resources and lectures from Harvard, Stanford...etc... All interactions with advisors, mentors, coaches are online and on a flexible schedule.
- You'll get enrolled in DataCamp and have access to extra practice/project work to master your skills (Python, SQL, Pyspark, Github...). I love DataCamp and will remain a member.
- You'll have access to LinkedIn learning, Medium, Towards Data Science.
- Weekly presentations (career sessions, business hour Q&A, guest presentation)
- Weekly meetings with your assigned mentor. You can schedule additional sessions if needed.
- You can select your own career coach from a long list of Springboard career coaches (their background and skills are diverse which makes the coaching experience invaluable). I personally chose one career coach and followed up with him throughout the program.
- You'll get to work on a lot of projects (40ish), 3 capstone projects to apply what you've learned and your work will be reviewed by TAs who have a great sense of humor.
- Springboard conference (Rise!) and seminars (wellness, career...) during which you can interact with fellow students, alumni, employers...
- Because the program is online and always accessible you can do it in 6 months as planned or in 4 to 5 months. I am now on week 16 with 84% completed. It is really up to you.

Cons: There are no cons as far as I am concerned however you need to know that the program requires drive and self-discipline because there is a lot to do and so little time... You'll get help and tips from your student advisor, the career services, your career coach, your mentor, the TAs, and even from other students. The bottom line is that you need to stay on task and have the time to work on your projects.

The program is worth more than you pay for. There is a steep learning curve but it remains fun all the way and it works! If you are afraid of not 'being good enough', start with the Data Science Career Preparation which will give you a taste of the level of statistics and Python coding you need. It is only 4 week-long, about $500 which will be credited towards your Data Science Career Track tuition upon successfull completion.

Best online course for Data Science!

Especially welcome anyone who wants to learn Python Data Science from scratch.

Springboard the transition of occupations so much easy. Resources were very simple to understand. Activities with one task at a time made the program easy to understand.
Having one on one mentor and unlimited mentor calls were very helpful. Having an option of practice interviews made interview procedure very comfortable. I knew what to expect beforehand. Career coach calls solved career related queries.

I'm a mature student enrolling into Springboard's data science career track. Prior to enrolling into the 500+ hours program, I've done Springboard's prep course and similar courses from other providers such as Flatiron, General Assembly. Must say having a mentor early on is one of the key reasons I end up enrolling into the program. The Springboard team is also very professional and been helpful all along.

The curriculum at Springboard is well structured, and balanced with career coaching units throughout the course (I.e. not simply at the end). That said, an area on which they could improve would be doing a review of the sources/articles they use for some of the units. Some are outdated, others poorly written and some no longer even relevant to an updated curriculum.
Still, I give it five stars because of the amazing support Springboard provides: weekly meetings with a dedicated mentor (with the ability to schedule unlimited meetings with other mentors), periodic meetings with a career coach (switching to bi-weekly when the curriculum is finished), and outstanding support from student advisors, career services and other staff at Springboard.

I owe so much to Springboard. This program gave me such an incredible skillset that has landed me so many interviews and opportunities. Interviewers are so impressed with the data analysis and presentation combination. I couldn't say enough good things about this program. The great mentors, 24/7 assistance, flexible schedule, networking, and all online. It was perfect. You won't regret signing up. It will change your life.

I had a great experience in the Data Science bootcamp with Springboard. The 1-on-1 mentorship and career services alone are worth the price of tuition, and the curriculum provides a solid foundation on which to being a career in data science or develop existing skills.

Excellent all round boot camp set apart by the mentor experience and strong focus on career support. The syllabus is generally well curated but I would suggest the following improvements: (i) explicit material on features engineering and selection, (ii) more hands on assignments for visualization (plotly, bokeh etc.) and (iii) more focus on big data in the cloud (spark, hadoop, aws, google colab etc.)

Springboard is the yellow earth sun to my Superwoman. The mentor network is nonpareil and their secret sauce. This is an investment worth making snd a risk worth taking. You won’t regret it. But remember: you get what you put into it.

Great curriculum, Job guarantee, career coaching, unlimited mentorship, real world industry projects and most importantly, big UX Community!!! What else can you ask for? So grateful for Springboard be part of my life journey!

The objective with which I joined Springboard was quite clear - gainful employment by the end of the course with the help of strong data science content and curation. My objective was cleared within 3 months of joining the course. Highly recommended for young professionals trying to break into the Data Science fields or seasoned professionals trying to switch laterally.