Tuition Hack <br > Copyright © hackPrinceton 2015

Requirements: Choropleth maps to show current tuition costs from 1745 colleges & universities and:

Have a choropleth map that increases with the tuition costs, higher tuition equals higher heat.

Have an algorithm to determine future tuition costs

Use past data from 2002-2015 to determine the algorithm

Have a search bar to quickly find individual institutions

Have a input field to determine which year to project tuition costs for

Create a database for the universites which includes:

Primary Key (Unit ID)

Institution Name

Institution (entity) name

Zip Code

Street Address or PO Box

City Location of Institution

Street address or post office box &" "& City location of institution

Total price for in-state students living on campus 2014-15

Total price for out-of-state students living on campus 2014-15

Total price for in-state students living on campus 2013-14

Total price for out-of-state students living on campus 2013-14

Website Purpose: The purpose of this site is to develop a valuable set of choropleth maps to determine which universities, states, and regions are more expensive than the average university. This website and mobile applications will also serve as a point of reference for future increases in tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students per university.

Target Audience: 3 Demographic Archetypes

Prosective Students

University Officials

Government Officials

Website Design Your college choice is more than just a 4 year experience. it will shape the rest of your life. Knowing the expected tuition costs over those four years will be benefittal for your choice of institution.

Site Map The following site map was proposed and implemented. The site map was used as a basis for design. Home Page - including a logo, tagline, introduction, and chart modules.

Phases & Timimg (36 hours total)

Phase 1: Research (2 hours).

Brainstorm Ideas

Kick off meeting to confirm objectives, project scope, communication protocols, and milestones & issues

Research competition

Phase 2: Planning (5 hours)

Decide on and register domain name

Design of site theme, look & feel, Fonts

Create site map and site layout

Phase 3: Creation (16 hours)

Create modules

Create quadratic progression algorithm

Create datasets

Phase 4: Integration (4 hours)

Implement data sets in charts

Manipulate data sets

Integrate modules with data sets

Phase 5: Testing (10 hours)

Integration testing

Unit testing

• System testing:
  White-hat
  Black-hat

Phase 6: Submission (1 hour)

Upload video/photos of working project

Upload Github repository URL