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🌱 Inspiration

College life can be overwhelming. Students often face exam stress, loneliness, anxiety, and burnout, but may not have a simple and comfortable space to manage these challenges.

We wanted to create a platform that combines student well-being, academic support, productivity, and peer connection in one place.

That idea became CareConnect.

🚀 What It Does

CareConnect is an academic and well-being platform for college students that provides:

🔥 Burn Room – Write down stressful thoughts and use an interactive experience for emotional release.
😄 Mood Tracker – Track daily moods and view mood patterns through charts.
🧘 4-4-6 Breathing Exercise – A guided breathing activity for relaxation.
🤖 AI Study Buddy – An AI chatbot powered by Groq and LLaMA 3.3 70B for academic questions and supportive conversations.
🤝 Comrade Board – Share academic doubts, receive help from peers, and earn Care Coins.
👥 Find Peers – Connect with students based on skills and interests.
📓 Private Journal – Record personal thoughts and reflections.
⏱️ Pomodoro Timer – Improve study focus with timed sessions and break activities.
📚 Resource Library – Access useful learning resources, videos, notes, and previous-year questions.
🏆 Gamification – Care Coins, streaks, and achievement badges encourage regular engagement.

🛠️ How We Built It

Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Backend: Node.js + Express
AI: Groq API with LLaMA 3.3 70B
Data Storage: localStorage
Charts: Chart.js
UI: Glassmorphism design with dark and light themes
Deployment: Render

The Express backend is used as a proxy for the AI API, helping keep the API credentials away from the frontend.

😤 Challenges We Faced

One of our main challenges was integrating the AI chatbot without exposing the API credentials on the frontend. We solved this by using an Express proxy server.

We also worked on creating a smooth glassmorphism interface while maintaining good performance.

Another challenge was implementing persistent user data using localStorage without using a traditional database.

Designing an interface that feels both calming and useful for students was also an important challenge.