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Prototyping a Mobile Application Aimed to Streamline the Process of Preparing for Medical School Applications

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Less than half of all premedical applicants get accepted into a medical school, 39.3% of applicants to be precise, and that statistic is based on the number of matriculants out of the total applicants in 2015. With such a discouraging acceptance rate, many students who start out as premed are…

Less than half of all premedical applicants get accepted into a medical school, 39.3% of applicants to be precise, and that statistic is based on the number of matriculants out of the total applicants in 2015. With such a discouraging acceptance rate, many students who start out as premed are often not towards the end of their undergraduate career and post-graduation because they do not feel prepared for medical school. It’s difficult for premed students to find all the information they need in one place rather than going from place to place or school website to school website. Additionally, it can be a hassle for premeds to keep track of all their coursework and calculate separate GPAs for each category especially due to how annoying Excel spread sheets can be. This is where the conceptualization of Premed Portfolio comes in. Premed Portfolio is a prototype mobile application. Premed Portfolio aims to streamline the process of preparing for medical school by guiding students to create a portfolio aimed to address the most important aspects of a medical school application. Students will be able to keep track of their cumulative GPA, BCPM (also known as science/math) GPA, MCAT Scores, prerequisite coursework and many more targeted areas of medical school. Premed Portfolio will also hope to use the stats that students provide and educate them on their chances of getting into medical school.
ContributorsSiddique, Shabab (Co-author, Co-author) / Rahman, Ahnaf (Co-author) / Patel, Dhruv (Co-author) / Sarwat Abdelghany Aly Elsayed, Mohamed (Thesis director) / Coursen, Jerry (Committee member) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
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A List-based App Launcher Tweak for Jailbroken iOS Devices

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Finding applications on Apple’s iOS device Home screen is a difficult task since applications are arranged in a disorganized grid of icons and small labels. By “jailbreaking” an iOS device, it is possible to install third party “tweaks” that modify the operating system to customize and fix annoying aspects of…

Finding applications on Apple’s iOS device Home screen is a difficult task since applications are arranged in a disorganized grid of icons and small labels. By “jailbreaking” an iOS device, it is possible to install third party “tweaks” that modify the operating system to customize and fix annoying aspects of iOS. Current jailbreak tweaks exist that can launch applications differently than Apple’s stock Home screen, but they leave much to be desired in terms of functionality, usability, and aesthetics. HomeList is a watchOS-inspired tweak I created to add an easy to read, quick to navigate, and visually appealing list of applications integrated directly into the Home screen. Research into Apple’s private iOS frameworks was used to figure out how to perform tasks required by an app launcher as well as match iOS design aesthetics.
ContributorsBoxberger, Blake Palmer (Author) / Balasooriya, Janaka (Thesis director) / Faucon, Philippe Christophe (Committee member) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05