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- Sharon Hao
- Kevin Hsiue
- Alex Hsu
- Zach Hynes
Problem Statement
Prospective college students often want to visit the campuses of schools they may apply to. However, finding the schools to visit and planning college tours can be very difficult because crucial information is spread across many different sources. Although some students plan their own visits, parents Every year, hundreds of thousands of high school seniors tackle the challenge of finding the "right" college, the living and learning environment in which they will spend their next four years. In the process of finding the right school, prospective college students frequently travel to schools in order to take campus tours, attend information sessions, and sit in on classes. Parents and guidance counselors can also be heavily involved in the search and they need access to not only school information, but also hotels, dining, and transportation in the area. This information can be challenging to find and process. Together, students, families, and counselors must identify candidate schools that make sense for a student based on his or her interests and strengths. Students and their families plan trips, often hoping to explore multiple colleges in a single trip while taking in the sights and sounds of the area. From identifying schools of interest within a given geographic area to making travel arrangements, the process of planning a college trip can be challenging and frequently requires accessing a variety of websites. In addition, finding the school Students and parents must balance travel logistics and other time constraints, such as campus tour and information session times is not consistent across college websites and takes a lot of additional time. This information is not easier to find the more colleges you plan to visit, it takes about the same amount of searching and struggling for each college website to access their tour and admissions info.schedules, during the time-consuming process of designing their college trip itineraries.
minimal knowledge of the geographic area, lack of consistency in college websites, and
(for the student, parents, guidance counselors or anyone else involved in the college process).
School tour and information session times are not consistent across college websites and are not available from centralized information sources.
Deliverables
Ice Geckos-GR1 Analysis
Ice Geckos-GR2 Designs
Ice Geckos-GR3 Paper Prototyping
Ice Geckos-GR4 Computer Prototype
Ice Geckos-GR5 Implementation
Ice Geckos-GR6 User Testing