UniCompass: Helping High School Students Find the Right College Major

Abstract

With the objective of furthering the United Nations' mission to provide Quality Education, this project aims to aid high school students in Taiwan's high-pressure, exam-oriented educational environment, by offering support and resources to help them uncover their interests and potential career paths. Through in-depth interviews with high school students, we identified common concerns in knowing and exploring college majors and career paths due to a lack of information and resources, unvarying suggestions, and barriers during the process of preparing for Academic Portfolio. To address these issues, we designed UniCompass using a user-centered design process. UniCompass is featured by: 1) finding the appropriate major for the student and comparing the differences between various universities and departments; 2) obtaining valuable information from the personal experiences shared by university students; and 3) receiving advice and guidance on building Academic Portfolios.