Hey guys I am halfway through A/A's 16 week in person bootcamp and I want to give a general overview of the course and my experience's, this won't be in much detail, if you have specific questions please drop your questions below or DM me.

1. Test experience : So basically I failed rails 1, and just passed rails 2. So if you fail a test early you aren't totally fucked for the next test. As for other students in the class, two students are currently retaking rails 2 to be able to stay in the class. Your first fail is NP, your second fail requires you to retake it that day and you have to pass to stay in the class. The tests are not impossible, but I dedicated basically the entire previous week to studying for this test. My biggest take away that it is truly impossibly to cram. If any tests require memorization, and a lot do... if you go into the weekend not already having the memorization down your fucked, basically that simple
2. TA experience : Extremely Hit/Miss, unfortunately like most bootcamps there's 1 real instructor and 2 "helpers" who are called ta's but are too inexperienced imo to be called TA's. Basically you ping a question on A/A's app (like a queue), and when its your turn they will come over to help you. Unfortunately the help you get is hit or miss based on who comes over to help you. But in their defense, they are all over worked/under paid, and unlimited questions to attend to after they get to you lol. On some days it can take up to 30min for a TA to come assist you, which by that point you probably figured it out
3. Is in person worth it : In my opinion 100% yes, it's awesome being able to ask the person sitting next to you if they got up to this point in days project, and I actually feel like I have learned more from teaching/being taught by my fellow peers. The first 2 weeks are remote and dropping into random break out rooms is not the same vibe. Also I have a kid at home... so getting out of the house is amazing. Class goes from 9-6, but you don't have to leave until the cleaning people dip out around 9/10
4. Would I recommend the program : It depends where you are at in your coding journey. I got into both codesmith and A/A. The difference between the two, A/A has way less precourse work before attending, but you get an extra 4 weeks inside the program. The biggest hurdle has been SQL/Rails for a majority of the class. If you are serious about joining A/A I would highly recommend going thru A/A Open specifically SQL/Rails. Not to master it, but those 2 sections hit everyone like a bus, because it's totally different that everything in the program that you have done. I'd also suggest working with html/css (for real, actually build a project) as its not taught great while you are in the program, and its honestly a waste of time bc ur busy worrying about the tests (they don't test on CSS)