Id tech camps

My son attended a week long camp at Penn to learn how to code an app. The overall experience was very meh. He was not able to finish the app, even though the marketing lit said he would. And the instructors told me he was one of the best in the class, so I'm assuming no one finished (we verified this). The real issue is that I've sent THREE emails to their web address to see how I can get access to the tools he was using so that he can finish. **No response** It's really sad that you spend $1000 and don't get what you're promised...and not even an email response. Look elsewhere.

Not worth time or money. Teachers just follow a script without giving background context. Kids are told to just follow the script too. No room for asking questions or being creative. A lot of time waiting for instructor to debug each project one by one. The actual learning in a 2-hour session would probably have taken 15 minutes, when taught by the right instructor and in the right context. The only thing that made it less of a waste of time with the camp being online is that my daughter could do something else while waiting. But she didn't get anywhere close to learning what she needed to create the project she had in mind. Stay away from these camps.

Very disappointing... We paid almost $1K for a class and lost the money without any credit because I was told it had been "too long" and "the money is gone" I was not told there was a deadline for using this "credit." When we tried to register the following year, my son got wait-listed and couldn't utilize the credit. During this pandemic, it's kind of sad to see a company not be more flexible to allow participation when it's not that much more effort on their part to do so. I could have brought many students along with my kids to participate virtually this summer, but now I will not recommend them anymore due to their rigidity and unwillingness to be flexible. Whether it's 2 years or 6 years later, a business who wants to build a good reputation would be more accommodating when they want to build community who supports them.

Horrible. Money-eating camp. All they want is your money.

It is a poorly designed camp. My kid attended the Robotics camp. It was very disappointing. My kid went to the camp expecting to be given time for innovative work. The camp asked them to assemble a robotics kit they probably use year after year. This is how they invest the least of amount money for earning the most amount of profit year after year. My kid said he hardly learnt anything and it was not fun. He was not given much time for innovative work. This is what this kind of high-tech camp is supposed to be.

Horrible Horrible place.

If I can give a negative rating, I will.

What a completely asinine company. Apparently, even if you are interested in the courses and know that they were written for teens or younger, they don't want your money.

My son attended the Java Script coding online summer camp in June 2020 and was very disappointed. He found the camp leader was not enthusiastic or engaging. He wrote things down and said to copy it, without really explaining what the commands did. As a result my son found the course 'boring' and learnt very little. This was very disappointing for a a nearly $400 course (2hr day/1week).

My son attended his first ID Tech camp this past summer on the UNC-CH campus. He enjoyed the camp immensely! Making friends from different parts of the country and the world as well as meeting people with diverse views was an added benefit to the already stellar education he received. The counselors were excellent! When I picked him up I could tell he had an amazing camp experience. Recently he said this was one of the best experiences of his life. He then told me he wants to go for two weeks this summer - one for game programming and one for C++. I highly recommend ID Tech camp!!

I am a kid that goes to this camp. I've been going to it for years, and I have loved everything. I'm also very good at minecraft hypixel. My username is Dqury. Friend me.

My experience with these camps has been great. All of the instructors my son has had are very knowledgeable and he always enjoyed the entire day. It certainly is more expensive than other camps but they also provide excellent equipment, knowledgeable instructors with a low student to instructor ratio and a lot of fun activities. For me it was important to give my son exposure to technology to see if it was something he might want to pursue and he isn't going to get that in the public school system.

Not worth the money.
Unorganized and poorly trained staff.
There are probably numerous options available
at better price points and content quality.
It s definitely worth looking into.