ADMISSIONS PROCESS

COMPETITIVE PROCESS

Ward 5 is a competitive program - we don't accept everyone. If your application looks good, we will invite you to a one-on-one interview in-person or via Skype. We want to get to know you as a person and as a student. This interview will include a conversation about your background, code presentation, and time to ask questions.

PRSENTING EXISTING CODE

Presenting existing code you've written helps us understand your technical ability for problem solving. Your code should be written in JavaScript but we'll also accept code written in "pseudo-code". We value your problem-solving and analytical abilities over syntax-memorization skills.

HOW TO PREPARE

WHAT TO STUDY

We've outlined some study materials below to make you successful during your Coding Assessment and Technical Interviews.

Note: If you consider yourself close to a beginner at coding, then we recommend completing Codecademy's JavaScript track before reading the below book.

Please review the following sections from Marijn Haverbeke's programming book, Eloquent Javascript.

1. Values, Types, and Operators
2. Program Structure
3. Functions
4. Data Structures: Objects and Arrays

PRACTICE

The best way to learn code to write it and challenge yourself. We suggest challenging yourself by spending time in Coderbyte. Coderbyte a web application built to help people practice their programming skills through a collection of programming challenges.