College Bound Capstone
A college planning platform with a live College Explorer, API-driven school data, side-by-side comparison, and demographic visualizations for student decision support.
Design-Based Research Capstone
College Bound Capstone
A website designed to provide a comprehensive guide to helping students prepare for college and effectively go through high school in preparation for the next stage of their educational career.
College Bound
Giving Students What They Need
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Collection of past College Bound presentations
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Access to various scholarship & academic opportunities
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Information and ways to contact school officials
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College Explorer with live search by name, state, type, and net price
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Side-by-side college comparison with student fit indicators
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API-only live data from U.S. College Scorecard (no CSV dependency)
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Race and sex distribution donut charts in the college detail view
Jekyll
HTML / CSS
JavaScript
Spring Boot (Java)
College Scorecard API
About
College Bound is a student-centered platform that now includes a live College Explorer experience. Students can discover schools, compare outcomes, and evaluate academic and financial fit using official U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data.
Impact
Gives students clearer college planning with real admissions and cost data
Helps families evaluate affordability and outcomes in one place
Improves transparency through visual demographic insights and easy comparison