Group Members
- Sharon Hao
- Kevin Hsiue
- Alex Hsu
- Zach Hynes
Problem Statement
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. Throughout the process of finding the right fit, prospective college students frequently travel to schools in order to take campus tours, attend information sessions, and sit in on classes. However, it is often extremely difficult to plan a trip to a certain geographic area and find additional schools of interest to visit in nearby besides the one or two that the student is familiar with. Parents and guidance counselors can also be heavily involved in the search process. Together, students, families, and counselors must identify candidate schools that make sense for a student based on his or her interests and strengths.
The process of planning a college trip can be challenging and frequently requires accessing a variety of websites and sources to complete every step from identifying schools of interest within a given geographic area to making travel arrangements. Often times, students will travel to a far city to visit one school on their list, and to make the trip worthwhile parents will hope to include other possible schools in this same trip. Yet there are no resources to match certain school criteria as well as a certain city or region of the country to find similar schools to visit. Once the school list has finally been solidified, students and parents must also balance travel logistics and other time constraints, such as campus tour and information session schedules, during the time-consuming process of designing their college trip itineraries. However, none of this information is easily accessible or efficient to find leading to frustration, confusion and wasted opportunities.
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