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Academy Pittsburgh offers no certification and makes no promise of future employment. Legal Stuff: Academy Pittsburgh (“AP“) bootcamp participant understands all of the following: AP is a facilitator for the information that you will receive in the sessions, based upon a specific set of task completions requested by the instructor. Although you may improve your abilities by attending the informational sessions, AP does not represent or warrant that your abilities will improve, or that you will be additionally qualified for employment. You will not receive any compensation for your attendance; attendance is voluntary for so long as you choose to attend. No employment or other opportunities are represented or warranted, either with AP or its partners. You understand and consent that your attendance, subjective evaluations and any testing results may be disclosed to partners and grant administrators, solely for AP’s evaluation of the session conditions and you release AP from making any such disclosures. You will be asked to sign AP’s session participation agreement prior to attending the session. Your image and likeness will be used in promotional material associated with the marketing of Academy Pittsburgh.

• For the One Time Cash Payment option, full payment must occur prior to the Sessions.
• For the ISA option, funds shall be paid in calendar monthly payments, due on the first day by the ISA Master Servicer’s calendar month or in accordance with a later date in the month as implemented by Stride Funding. Payment of the Tuition shall continue through twenty-four (24) months (“Payment Term” “Maximum Number of Payments”) regardless of whether Placements are contiguous or noncontiguous.

If Participant withdraws within the first six (6) weeks of the Session, then a prorated Tuition will apply.

APGH has engaged Stride as APGH’s agent to manage the Tuition paid through the ISA.  APGH reserves the right to self-manage or to change the ISA Administrator without notice and Participant remains fully bound to the Tuition and the terms hereof.

• There are no fees for books, supplies, or student activities.
• There is no application fee.
• There are no interest charges or finance charges.
• The only fee for participation is the Tuition as described.
• Students must supply their own laptop. A limited number of laptops are available for borrowing on a first-come-first-served basis. If Participant does not already own a laptop, the estimated expected cost of a new laptop is $500.

Income Share Agreement (“ISA”)

• A Tuition (“Tuition”) of ten percent (10%) of Participant’s post-program gross income paid on a monthly basis.
• Tuition commences when Participant has monthly income that is annualized at $45,000 or more (“Minimum Income Threshold”).
• Once the Minimum Income Threshold occurs, the aggregate of all monthly income is used for purposes of the calculation and not the excess above the Minimum Income Threshold. By way of example, if the Minimum Income Threshold is $3,750 for a month and Participant earns $4,750 in that month, the Tuition is $475 ($4,750 x .10), and not $100 ($1,000 [$4,750 – $3,750] x .10).
• The Tuition paid by Participant is capped at $16,000 (“Payment Cap”).
• The Term Length is 24 complete consecutive or complete non consecutive months of employment.

Total course hours are 372. Sessions meet daily 9 AM to 12 PM and 1 PM to 5 PM, Monday through Thursday. And, 9 AM to noon on Friday.

• Bootcamps are difficult and time intensive. Including time spent in class, participants can expect a total of 40-50 hours of work each week. Participants can expect to spend the majority of their time (30-40 hours weekly) working on problems in teams or collaborative groups. The rest of the time commitment is independent work.Generally, about 75% of the total time requirement is spent in class. The remaining time is spent outside of scheduled classes when work is completed independently.
• The application and interview are the only prerequisites.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until sessions are full.
• Participants attending Academy Pittsburgh developer bootcamps must sign our participation agreement if they are accepted. A previous version of this document is available to review.
• Academy Pittsburgh implements an income share agreement (ISA). You can learn more about ISA’s here. Generally, the terms of our ISA are as follows and are subject to change session to session.