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I enrolled in Le Wagon's bootcamp with high expectations based on their advertising and the promises made during the interview. Unfortunately, my experience has been deeply disappointing and frustrating. Here are the key issues I encountered:
- Insufficient Support: The course offers inadequate support for students. Despite my best efforts, the lack of guidance and assistance made it challenging to understand the concepts.
- Short Lecture Duration: The lectures, lasting only 2.5 hours per day, are insufficient to cover complex subjects like SQL, Pandas, Numpy, and others. This limited duration hinders comprehensive learning and practice, making it difficult to keep up with the course material.
- Inadequate Interaction: One of the instructors, instructed students not to ask questions during lectures and to use the chat instead. This approach limited real-time interaction and impeded immediate clarification of doubts, further complicating the learning process.
- Lack of Engagement in Breakout Rooms: Students were not engaging in breakout rooms, leaving everyone to struggle individually with challenges. Additionally, inadequate translations from French to English further complicated understanding.
- Geographical Discrepancy: None of the students were based in the UK, with the majority being in Berlin. If I had known the course was not designed for UK students, I would not have enrolled.
- Unsatisfactory Response from Batch Manager: When I raised my concerns on Slack on May 30th, my batch manager advised me to seek information myself rather than relying on support. This response left me feeling unsupported and frustrated.
- Complaints from Other Students: A couple of students also complained about the pace of certain subjects, indicating that my concerns were not isolated.
- The course does not match what was advertised or what was presented during the interview. Given these issues, I decided to withdraw after 10 days in the bootcamp and requested a refund. Despite numerous requests, my refund has been ignored.
- I also want to highlight that according to their contract, they refuse to refund the tuition fee unless there is a case of force majeure, which does not address the issue of false advertising. This is a breach of contract on their part.
Be careful how you spend Ā£7,400. Do not waste it. Find a credible bootcamp provider. I am now considering further action, including legal avenues, to resolve this matter.