Ironically, the class materials and work system is terribly disorganized and scattered (one website for pre-class work and another homework deck that lives on a Google drive. What I am experiencing is a really low level of instruction that is rushed, as if the syllabus is just a punch list that the instructor has to jam through. The price is high and I had some expectations.
I am a current student at GA (with 10 years experience as a graphic designer) in their UX course. Unfortunately experience is how you build much of these expertise. If you can afford GA and taking low-paying internships afterwards for a while, it certainly can't hurt! But level your expectations. Or, I don't know, maybe the instructors where I live (Austin) just aren't cutting it for most of their students. If you aren't independently wealthy and you're trying to decide between GA's immersive UX course and a cheaper short course + tactical skills like purchasing and learning Sketch or another similar tool, I would advise the latter. It seems like every portfolio I look at from GA applicants have the same issues. At first, I thought GA was a good thing and I'm starting to question it. It's frustrating because I know these people paid so much money for these courses. I would say 90% aren't ready for the heavy lifting at my highly boring subject-matter-wise and very information-architecture-heavy IT/UX firm. Not a hiring manager but I do interview candidates and review their portfolios.