Post by Carel Chay

Applying for exchange in NUS can be time-consuming and tedious endeavour. The interface to explore possible module mappings (see attached) is un-interactive, inflexible, and cumbersome. This makes it difficult for users to narrow down possible partner university choices. For classes not pre-approved for mapping, there is also no way for students to gauge the likelihood of a successful match. My teammates (Jones Lim, Ming Soon Kor, and Kishen Ashok Kumar) and I participated in NUS Hack&Roll 2021, and made NUSExchange, with hopes of promoting and easing the application process for SEP. Our application aided in the following fashion: 1) Helped students to determine the ideal partner university with two considerations - no. of desired modules mappable as well as the country of the university. 2) Generated a 'student proposed module mapping' PDF file (template taken from the Faculty of Science), with the shortlisted universities chosen by the user. 3) Using NLP, to determine the likelihood of a student being able to map a module in the partner university. Our project was fortunate enough to be selected to be in the Top 8 (unordered), clinching us a win in Hack&Roll again. Check our project out: - https://lnkd.in/gWSw4x7