ScholarMix

Inspiration

As college students, we all know how hard it can be to find people in our classes to study with. Many of us go to school, attend classes, and leave--all without feeling a sense of connection with our peers. That's why we created an app to make the connections for us.

What it does

ScholarMix is like Tinder for students, but without the romance. Through this app, you can create a profile with all of your study statistics including your school, major, grade level, and current classes. Then, ScholarMix will match you with other scholars who you would be compatible to study with. If you choose to match, you can text, call, video chat, and ultimately study together! If you aren't satisfied with your current matches, then you can mix it up and find new potential matches!

How we built it

We built ScholarMix using XCode and SwiftUI.

Challenges we ran into

This was our group's first time working on app development, so there were a lot of learning curves we ran into! Considering that only half of our group had iOS devices capable of developing using XCode, we needed to find a way to efficiently pair program given our technology restraints.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are extremely proud of learning how to use XCode and Swift! The group had no prior experience working with these tools before, so learning how to navigate XCode and code using the SwiftUI was an extremely beneficial learning experience.

What we learned

We learned many topics in regards to iOS mobile app development. In the span of 24 hours, we have strengthened our skills in iOS app development and UI design.

What's next for ScholarMix

We are excited to continue developing ScholarMix after HackDearborn2 is over! There are more features we are interested in implementing, such as group study sessions and multi-language support. Our team is really passionate about this project, and we all eager to continue developing a mobile app that we are all extremely fond of.