
I built a college research platform for Indian students during my Class 12 board exams
A few weeks ago I was doing what every Class 12 student in India eventually has to do, trying to figure out which college to apply to. And it was a mess. Information scattered across 10 different websites. Rankings that contradicted each other. No way to compare colleges side by side. AI tools that confidently hallucinated placement stats. I got frustrated. So I did what made the least practical sense given my situation, I started building a solution. The context that makes this slightly unhinged, My ISC board exams are ongoing. My Computer Science paper is on March 27th. JEE Mains is right after that. I started building Collex on March 16th. What I built, Collex is a free college research platform for Indian students. Here's what it has right now: 350+ Indian colleges listed Filters by state, rating, and average LPA AI-powered college reviews and analysis (Groq API) A college comparison tool A chatbot for college-related queries A "Request a College" feature for missing entries The en
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