Make School

Make School is building a university replacement for computer science. The program spans 2 years, divided by a 6 month internship at a tech startup. Students learn the CS theory covered by traditional universities paired with the practical experience of building and shipping products and soft skills such as ethics, storytelling and interpersonal communication. Students network with successful founders and developers throughout the program, and are placed at a tech startup upon graduating. The program has no up front cost, students pay tuition through internship and post-grad job earnings. Our pilot class kicked off last September with 11 students, two chose Make School over MIT. They shipped apps like Stitch News and Refuge Restrooms (featured in Buzzfeed) and received offers from Snapchat, Pandora, Edmodo, Dailymotion, Dr. Chrono and more. We also run a 2 month Summer Academy teaching iOS development and our online curriculum powers courses at MIT and Carnegie Mellon.