Akta.life is an AI-driven platform designed to personalize course selection for students, especially those who are first-generation or non-traditional. It analyzes learning preferences, academic history, and career goals to provide tailored course and professor recommendations.
Key Features:
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AI-Powered Recommendations: Personalized course and professor suggestions.
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Detailed Course Insights: Information on course expectations, professor styles, and success rates.
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Accessibility: Designed to cater to diverse learning backgrounds.
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Built With: React, GPT-3.5-turbo, AI Recommendation Engine, RateMyProfessor Data
- Glenn Tatum - Front-end Development, UI/UX
- Koushik Sarkar - AI Component, Data Scraping
- Roman Slack - Developer Productivity, React Components
- Wasi Hussain - RateMyProfessor Integration
Navigating college courses can be overwhelming. Akta.life aims to simplify this process by providing personalized guidance, empowering students to make informed decisions.
- First-time hackathon challenges: task delegation, solidifying value proposition.
- Developed an intuitive platform with high user satisfaction in beta testing.
- Created a culturally meaningful brand.
- Importance of guided support tools for student success.
- The challenges of adjusting to college as freshman.
- Expand to more institutions.
- Integrate peer mentorship and academic support resources.
- Enhance the recommendation engine with predictive analytics.
- HACK.COMS '24