It's a bummer that they don't do the interviews/final answers until after the first couple weeks of January.
I'd love to take a semester off and do this, but since there's no guarantee I'd get into Hacker School, I would want to have my usual classes to fall back on, and the payment for that is due the first week of January. If I did get into Hacker School, I'd rather not drop the university classes I'll already have paid for.
Maybe this summer the timing will work out better. I'm sure I could learn more in three months there than I ever would here :I
Please apply anyway, and include a note that you need an early admissions decision :) We'll do our best to get you a final answer before the first week of January (and if it turns out we can't, we'll let you know before then, too).
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It's a bummer that they don't do the interviews/final answers until after the first couple weeks of January.
I'd love to take a semester off and do this, but since there's no guarantee I'd get into Hacker School, I would want to have my usual classes to fall back on, and the payment for that is due the first week of January. If I did get into Hacker School, I'd rather not drop the university classes I'll already have paid for.
Maybe this summer the timing will work out better. I'm sure I could learn more in three months there than I ever would here :I
(Hacker School cofounder here)
Please apply anyway, and include a note that you need an early admissions decision :) We'll do our best to get you a final answer before the first week of January (and if it turns out we can't, we'll let you know before then, too).
Ah, great! Thanks for letting me know. I went ahead and sent in my application a few minutes ago :)
as someone who was in the last summer batch and in a very similar situation... I can attest to learning more there than I have at University.
3 months in a stimulating environment filled with curious people all working on getting better at programming? yes please.