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Congratulations on your decision to kickstart a rewarding new career as a web developer or data scientist with an online coding bootcamp! Here's your complete guide to the BloomTech application process.

We’re thrilled to be partnering with Blockstack to open up a new way for our students to earn cash for their first Blockstack app while they finish their education.

Depending on your level of experience before applying, your chosen track, and your preferred tuition option, the amount of time it will take you to complete the process may vary.

Through this new partnership with The Mom Project, BloomTech is committed to helping #ChampionMoms reach their full potential and find their next professional opportunity. I hope you join us.

Today we're announcing a series of upcoming curriculum changes at BloomTech, including additional leadership opportunities for students, more intentional instruction, better career prep, and a more efficient and flexible curriculum.

Today we’re announcing that BloomTech has raised $74 million in a Series C funding round led by Gigafund. This new financing will support our continued mission to unlock student potential, regardless of circumstance.

We're changing how we approach mental health at BloomTech because I know that we only succeed when all of us, students and staff, are at our best, physically, emotionally, and mentally

Beginning in January, we want to pair every group of students with a pre-specced community project. You bring the project, our students will build it completely free.

BloomTech’s data science program is one of the quickest and most affordable ways to become a data scientist. Here’s everything you should know to get started and a few tips for applying.

BloomTech students in Lagos had the opportunity to meet with the Engineering and Product teams at Paystack on January 25, 2020.

To ensure that they’re ready to hit the ground running in their new fields, all BloomTech students complete a career readiness program in tandem with their technical learning experience.

We're excited to release our H2 2019 student outcomes. As part of our commitment to data transparency, we are proud to be working with The MFA Companies, an accounting, audit, and advisory firm, who performed an examination of our data.

With help from BloomTech Co-op and Social Impact Manager Jessica Wilkinson, BloomTech partnered with Sauti East Africa to develop four unique projects to improve usability and reach of the platform, including incorporating new tools and technologies.

Both full stack and backend development are rewarding career paths for coders who like to work behind the scenes, but there are distinct differences between the two skill sets.

Last week the nation witnessed another innocent Black man murdered at the hands of the police. I need you to hear that we at BloomTech, and I specifically, strongly believe that Black Lives Matter.

Your success at BloomTech is dependent on the amount of time and effort you commit to learning. So what’s the secret to success at BloomTech and how much time will the course really take?

To all of you balancing your own version of chicken nugget dinners, tea parties, and hours of Zoom calls, here are three ways I make my career and parenthood work together.

’m reaching out personally because it’s important to me that I reiterate that we’re committed to supporting you through this difficult time. I know the past few weeks have felt strange and uncertain for all of us, including myself.

To reaffirm our commitment to the mental wellness of our learners, BloomTech is expanding our mental health support services offered to all staff and learners beginning September 28, 2021 through a renewal of our partnership with Modern Health.

Earlier this week, we learned our latest submission to the BPPE was not accepted. This is the latest step in a long process, and so while it’s not the decision we hoped for or expected, we’re committed to working directly with BPPE to solve the issues they raised

Welcome to the BloomTech community! We’re thrilled that you’ve taken the first step toward changing your life and your career. Now it’s time to start meeting your new classmates and instructors, and get connected to your new BloomTech network.

Our one and only mission at BloomTech unlocking the potential of everyone, regardless of circumstance, and that work is paying off for our students. And we’re just getting started.

BloomTech to Continue to Offer Incentive-Aligned Tuition to Californians under Agreement with new Department of Financial Protection & Innovation

Today, BloomTech published our 2021 Outcomes Report and 2022 Diversity Report. These analyses are one way we remain committed to transparency, a rewarding learner experience that leads to a job, and an inclusive company culture.

Learn about web development and data science, and discover which program is right for you. A new career in tech opens new financial and professional opportunities.

Graduates will be prepared with the skills necessary to land an entry-level software engineering role at companies of all sizes.

We are thrilled to announce that Leif has allocated up to $50 million in financing capacity to BloomTech to make the education students need to transform their careers available at no cost until they are making more than $50,000/year.

Today we’re announcing that we’ve signed an estimated $20 million agreement with the Long-term Education Investment Fund (Leif) and its affiliated Student Advantage Fund.

BloomTech, a computer science academy that trains students of all educational and financial backgrounds to become software engineers at no upfront cost, today announced $14 million in Series A funding.

In our first Co-ops spotlight, we're sharing the story of Miracle Messages, an organization that reunifies individuals experiencing homelessness with their loved ones by recording and posting video messages on social media.

We've added a full software engineering apprenticeship into the BloomTech curriculum. By graduation, every student will have built a real, production-ready app on a real team.

Today, we are leaning into our commitment to transparency to help UX students understand what happened with our User Experience Design (UX) program and where the program stands today.

A sustainable, incentive-aligned way to make ISAs work long-term.

Today, I'll share why we started BloomTech – we needed to replace the current model of education with something that doesn’t leave people broke for the rest of their lives if it doesn’t work out.

Our newest initiative—the BloomTech CareerFlow learning experience—adds greater flexibility to our direct path to a well paying job. Applications open today to this new and even better version of BloomTech, which launches July 18.

Congratulations on being admitted to BloomTech! You’re about to embark on a journey that will change your career, and ultimately your life. Here are 6 things to do before your first day of class to ensure you get the most out of your time at BloomTech.

This year we made a big change to ensure that every BloomTech alum has the best chance of landing their dream job – we integrated the student job search into the new 9-month BloomTech curriculum.

This Veteran’s Day, we’re rolling out an all-new program to help veterans learn in-demand skills like coding, data science, mobile development.

You’ve begun an application, chosen a program of study, and passed your entrance exams. Next up: Choose how to pay for your BloomTech education.

There is little upfront tuition cost to our students and admission to our school isn’t dependent upon past academic, employment or financial history - our focus is on what a student could be capable of learning. And their willingness to do so.

This round of funding allows us to cover the cost of a world-class education for thousands of individuals who are looking for new opportunities, like our 20 new BloomTech graduates.

As a father of two, this time of year has me thinking how as parents, we need to update the advice we give our children when it comes to the choices they have for their futures.

Student expectations of BloomTech continually go up, as they should. It’s our job as a school to continually live up to and exceed those expectations. We look forward to always striving to raise the bar.

Nate began his tech career by going the self-taught route, but he didn’t DIY for long. If you’re weighing going to an online coding school against teaching yourself to code, you’ve come to the right place.

With BloomTech’s Free Trial, you can kickstart your tech career, on your schedule—without making any financial commitments for 3 weeks.

Whether you’re raising a family, working full-time, looking for a first career, or juggling an inconsistent schedule—we can train you for a well-paying tech job!

On Friday, September 27, one of our incredible student mentors hosted a walk-through of the DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco, California, for a small group of BloomTech students.

A new process we're building to improve transparency, consistency, and accountability around outcomes reporting at BloomTech. We plan to release this report every six months, and we hope to continuously improve it, based on the feedback we receive.

In dedication to transparency and accountability, we share our progress toward our goal of empowering people, regardless of their circumstance or background, to begin rewarding careers in technology.

One of the steps in the BloomTech admissions process is taking the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT) – an aptitude test that measures how well you solve problems, digest information, learn new skills, and think critically.

In order to achieve this important milestone, we are introducing the Retail Installment Contract (RIC) as a tuition financing option for incoming students in California. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer ISAs to new students in CA for the foreseeable future.

Today, we release our 2021 Diversity Report. We are a young company, and we are dedicated to transparency as we grow in our DEI journey. We are proud of both our progress and our ongoing initiatives to improve diversity, equity and inclusion for both our staff and learners.

If you’re experiencing symptoms of anxiety, stress, depression, burnout, or another type of mental health issue, you should know that you’re not alone. BloomTech is an exciting time and there's a lot to do, but your health comes first.

Our first BloomTech Diversity Report. The purpose of this report is to establish a baseline understanding about our students and staff in order to start a dialogue about how we can better support diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at BloomTech.