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Grads:Certified ratio - Still deciding

Posted: Nov 16, 2010

I am still deciding which coding school will be the best for me. I was wondering what the grad:certification ratios are for these coding schools. Does anyone know if this information is available to the general public?

I think it's rare to find a school that prepares students to sit for certification exams - See message

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If a school has a graduate who successfully sits for a certification exam right out of school, they have something to brag about. I don't think that happens very often. Most coding courses aren't designed to teach to that level. In fact, I know courses taught by students who just graduated from that same course and have never spent a minute working as a coder. Will any of their graduates be able to pass a certification exam even with experience? It's doubtful.

I don't think schools normally give out statistics, because they would constantly change and it would require the school to force the graduates to provide that information, which they can't do and have no right to do. So no, I don't think that information is available to the general public. The numbers would most likely be wrong before they were released.

Unfortunately..... - Raine59

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Unfortunately I think it is going to be difficult to find this information. As far as I know, the coding schools themselves don't find out whether their students have passed the test unless the students themselves choose to share that information with the school. The ones who pass are more likely, in my opinion, to share that information than those who don't so the school is likely to not get complete information. The best you can do is talk to whoever you can find who has taken whichever program/s you are considering and ask about their testing experience, as well as talking to a representative from the school/program and getting as much information as you can to help you make a decision.

Thank you for your responses -- no msg - Still deciding

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:-)

still deciding, too - STeph

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and it aint' easy!

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