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INSPIRATION
College shouldn’t feel like guessing. Students need clear answers to:
- Which program maps to my career?
- Which universities accept my credits?
- What will it really cost (tuition + housing + fees)?
- Do I need internships/certifications? What salary can I expect?
WHAT IT DOES
CareerPilot AI creates a fully personalized college-to-career roadmap in under 30 seconds. Students instantly receive three optimized paths to reach their target career, including:
- Cost estimates
- Time to graduation
- Transfer steps and requirements
- Internships and certifications
CORE FEATURES
1. INTELLIGENT CAREER ASSESSMENT
2-minute quiz that collects:
- Target career (Software Developer, Engineer, Nurse, etc.)
- Current education level & GPA
- Budget ($30K, $80K, $80K+)
- Timeline (fastest, standard, flexible)
- Location (Miami, Florida, anywhere in the U.S.)
- Goals (grad school, internships, certifications, research)
2. THREE OPTIMIZED PATHWAYS
Cheapest Path: Minimizes total cost
Example: Miami Dade College → FIU (~$64,562 total)
Best for budget-conscious or first-generation studentsFastest Path: Minimizes time to graduation
Example: Bachelor’s in ~3.5 years with summer/accelerated courses
Best for students who want to enter the workforce quicklyPrestige Path: Maximizes long-term ROI
Example: MDC → University of Florida (~$120K total)
Best for competitive and research-focused careers
3. INTERACTIVE VISUAL ROADMAP
- Drag-and-drop flowchart (React Flow)
- Degree steps: AA → BS → MS → PhD
- Semester-by-semester timeline
- Transfer requirements and deadlines
- Internship and certification milestones
- Full cost breakdown per stage
4. COMPREHENSIVE COST ANALYSIS
- College Scorecard API for real tuition data
- Housing estimates per city (Miami ~$1,560/mo, Gainesville ~$1,030/mo)
- Living expenses: food, transport, books
- Fees: application, tech, lab
- Total yearly and overall cost calculated
5. CAREER SALARY OUTLOOK
- Bureau of Labor Statistics median salary data Example: Software Developer ~$110K national / $102K Miami
- Job growth rate (e.g., 21% “Much faster than average”)
- ROI estimate (break-even in ~3–4 years)
6. AI CHATBOT ASSISTANT
- 24/7 conversational assistant (Gemini 2.0)
- Answers questions about pathways, costs, scholarships
- Context-aware: understands career, location, budget, goals
- Recommends strategies, resources, and financial aid
HOW WE BUILT IT
- Multi-agent AI with Google Gemini
- Frontend: Next.js, React, Tailwind, React Flow
- Backend: FastAPI on Google Cloud Run
- Proxy + caching: Cloudflare Worker
- Data: College Scorecard API, Bureau of Labor Statistics
CHALLENGES WE RAN INTO
- Conflicting agent outputs and duplicate schools
- Cost accuracy without housing/fees was off
- LLM hallucinations (non-existent programs)
- In-state vs out-of-state pricing
- API rate limits/timeouts
- Static export + API route issues
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE’RE PROUD OF
- Working multi-agent system in 72 hours
- Accurate, transparent cost breakdowns
- Drag-and-drop interactive roadmap
- No login required; mobile-responsive
- Solves a real student pain point
WHAT WE LEARNED
- LLMs need structure/constraints + validation
- True cost = tuition + housing + living + opportunity cost + time
- Students need multiple pathways, not one
- TS + Python + Cloudflare + Cloud Run scale fast
WHAT’S NEXT
- Scholarships/financial aid matching
- Multi-language + voice chatbot
- Progress tracking, deadlines, reminders
- Job/internship matching; nationwide expansion
- Mobile app; school partnerships
WHY IT MATTERS
CareerPilot delivers expert-level advising to every student—especially first-gen and low-income—so education becomes a ladder, not a maze.
Built With
- cloudflare
- fast-api
- gemini
- google-cloud
- nextjs
- python
- react-flow
- tailwind
- typescript
- vertexai




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