Inspiration
As high school seniors apply to college, many essays must be written by their deadlines.
What it does
VelocityDraft creates a schedule for writing college application essays based on the schools, deadlines, writing speed, starting date, and more.
How we built it
Built using React+Firebase
Challenges we ran into
A lot of times React would refuse to cooperate and not work by when all accounts and documentation says it should. Because of this, the development process was more challenging than we expected, but eventually, we overcame these shortcomings through sheer determination
Accomplishments that we're proud of
One thing we're particularly proud of is the algorithm to spread out the dates. This algorithm uses JS date objects to spread out the applications processes equally and ensure time to do an overall review. I can only presume that these simple features will be lifesaving for students in their college application processes.
What we learned
Setting up the stack entirely from scratch proved difficult, especially with Firebase. Despite that, we were able to do so with a lot of research online.
What's next for VelocityDraft
- Add more schools to the database
- Add functionality outside of undergraduate applications (masters, Ph.D.)
- Add descriptions/user guides to the homepage to make the site intuitive
- Redo scheduling algorithm for maximum optimization
- Save calendar events to Google Calendar or other platforms
- Commercializes the application to help students across the world
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