Inspiration
As two rising seniors at Westborough High School, we understand that the future seems daunting, and making large decisions like choosing what majors to pursue or which colleges to apply to can set people’s lives in stone. As college creeps closer, this stress and overwhelming feelings make it difficult to process the immense amount of information at once. We created this website as an attempt to help narrow down our decision-making process when it comes to our future and, hopefully, help others to do the same.
What it does
Our website, Check Your A(p)ttitude, includes a python text-based aptitude test to help people understand their interests, and what careers lineup with them. Furthermore, we display the average SAT and GPA scores of the top schools for the major, and allow the user to input their own scores. This allows the user to make a direct comparison of their standing and where they should aim to be, enabling them to make proper goals in this important process.
How I built it
We used a web based IDE called repl.it and created an HTML website along with CSS styling. We also used the web based IDE trinket to create the actual aptitude test using python, and then used an embedded python link to put it on the HTML website.
Challenges I ran into
We attempted to use the data from the aptitude test to provide the user with recommended colleges based on their suggested major, preferred price range, and ideal campus size. However, we did not know how to combine all these three inputs together to output an answer. So we had to replace this idea with a less complex method to make the project within our coding level, yet still facilitate the user to get useful information to help them with their decision making process.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are proud that we learned how to combine the use of multiple different languages together. As beginners in computer science, we've had a little experience in several different languages, but did not really know how to combine the use of them or advanced uses of them. However, with this project, we explored deeper into these areas and accomplished our goals.
What I learned
We learned how to combine the use of multiple languages using an embedded python link.
What's next for Check Your A(p)ttitude
In the future, given more time and experience, we hope to ask the user their preferences for colleges, like size, location, as well as any financial constraints that go into their decision making process in order to give them a list of colleges that would be best suited for them. We also hope to learn how to use information from APIs to help us make better coordinated results for the aptitude test.
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