SpringboardReviews of springboard.com

Sounds like an absolute scam of a company. Their materials are just sourced from other free or cheap programs online, and they charge about $10,000! You can literally go to a top business school in Europe to get a masters for less than this. Why would you pay some online "bootcamp" all that money for digital certificate that employers laugh at!?

Don't waste your money with Springboard. Nobody knows about Springboard. If you want a certificate in Data Science , join the other well known boot camps. It's too much money with Springboard. They do not have expertise, they outsource everything

This whole debacle began in 2020, when I was trying to find a job in the IT field and a way to improve my skills to become a data scientist. I received an e-mail advertisement from Springboard, which they guaranteed that if I took their course in data science that I could find a job after 6 months of completing their online course. I took them up on their offer, which costs $12,000, most of which comes in the form of a Income Share Agreement (ISA), which includes a loan agreement of $11,300. In May, 2020, I sent them a deposit of $700, which I considered an investment. I started their course on May 26, 2020, thinking that the course would be original material they had curated themselves. I was disappointed when most of the material they had came from a website called Datacamp, which offers the same material they had for 1/30 of the price. I persevered and finished their course in March, 2021. My job search began on March 9, 2021. Because of the pandemic, they extended their "guarantee" to one year, meaning that I would have to do an extensive job search for one year before I would eligible for a refund, which is not what they advertised on their website. They assigned me a career coach, who lives in Canada, to aid me in my job search. The help I received from her was very little and when I began to question her credentials or even her techniques, she would get very upset. When they extended their "guarantee",, they did not give me the option to opt-out or even listen to my input on the matter. After 4 months of searching for a job with no success (not even an interview), I suffered a near mental breakdown because of the unsuccessful search. During my search, I was to report to them every week that I had applied to 4 jobs and made contact with 7 people on LinkedIn, which I did faithfully.. Everything came to a head on August 7, 2021, when they changed their policy again, without my consent or my input, when I was required to report 2 informational interviews a month, something that was not enforced in the original agreement for the previous 4 months, which they said was because they didn't add it to their website then, which is an outright lie. When I complained to Ms Saccuzzo about this matter, I was treated with extreme disrespect and rudeness. In addition, the career coach abandoned me for no reason, which was very unprofessional. I filed a complaint with my state's Attorney General's office on August 16, 2021, which is still being reviewed because Springboard has refused to answer to requests for information from the State of Arkansas. Six months has passed since I completed my course, and I still do not have a job in data science, like they have advertised on their website. I am demanding a full refund of my money and dissolution of any and all contracts with Springboard. This company has a "F" rating with the BBB and they need to be put out of business.

I've been mentoring for practically a year and haven't seen any meaningful change to improve the conditions for students or mentors. I've never been directly solicited for feedback from Springboard, and I'm sure anyone who does gets it put straight into the shredder. Now deciding to cut pay for mentors because they'll let anyone into the program to learn and some students don't complete the program faster than others.

They're just a bunch of fraudsters… They're just a bunch of fraudsters looking to setup their scam in india & to some extent have been successful in doing that. BUT sooner or later this springboard bubble is going to get burst. The thing is how much of us gets their time & money wasted till the time springboard lasts. Hope it ends sooner & people realize the truth behind their FAKE job guarantee & refund policy. I along with several others have been fighting springboard since last summer & now they don't even bother to reply back & have blocked our mails. You or anyone can't do anything to them after you've paid them because they've power, people & money all along with them.

Job Guarantee, What's That? Springboard is one of the worst schools. It is not a job guarantee, as they claim. You have to find your job and do these contact activities on your own. I have received so many threatening emails: (" Normally, at this point, I would need to remove your Job Guarantee eligibility since you haven't been on consistent coaching calls. At this point, you must understand that if you continue to miss your required Career Coaching call, your program eligibility will be under review"). Is it my fault that you keep changing me, coaches? or is it my fault that you fail to schedule my biweekly meetings? If you were not too busy sending me threatening emails, you would have known that I have not missed any of these coaches' meetings. These career coaches' meetings are so important (like sign up for lunchclub.com/) that they will Jeopardize my job guarantee with a school that leaves thousands of its students jobless and frustrated. Springboard, it is time to upgrade your system. Find a better strategy to help your students. I can not wait to sue You.

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 would stay away from Springboard. Especially during this hard time of job search. I will be the first one to say that mentors are amazing. Career coaches are great as well. BUT mentors are overworked, and some have way too many students. Support for mentors is lacking as well. Career coaches are very busy, and sometimes you will be waiting weeks before the call. That "Unlimited Mentor Calls" claim doesn't hold any water either, the number of open slots for this varies, and if you're up against the deadline, I wouldn't rely on it. If you're one of the unlucky souls who do not land the job within the job search guarantee months, the refund process is horrendous. There is zero flexibility in where your money will be refunded. So if it was a credit card, that you have a balance on, best of luck. Also if you think you might be getting a refund, DO NOT REFER ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS/Acquaintances. They will take the $250 credit for the referral and count it towards your refund. UPDATE: Springboard managed to figure out the referral and transfer the $250 to my account. I would still be very cautious as the terms of this are in the process of changing.