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Inspiration

As transfer students, we know how confusing it is to figure out how Washington community college classes transfer to the University of Washington. Even though UW provides an equivalency guide, students still need to jump between multiple websites, advisor emails, and course catalogs just to confirm how a course fits into their degree plan. Many of us spent hours searching for the right information, and we wanted to build a tool that makes this process simple, fast, and clear for future WA CC transfers.

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What it does

The AI Transfer Evaluation Tool helps Washington community college students quickly understand how their classes are likely to transfer to UW. Students upload their unofficial transcript, and the tool uses AI to match each course with the most relevant UW equivalent. It sorts results into three groups: direct matches, elective credits, and classes that may need advisor review. Students receive a clean transfer report that helps them plan their first quarter at UW with confidence.

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How we built it

We created a transcript upload flow that extracts course titles and codes from the document. Claude analyzes each course by comparing its content to UW’s existing WA CC equivalency information. Using these patterns, the tool predicts how each class fits into UW credit categories. The results are displayed through a simple interface with a downloadable report for planning. To protect student privacy, we included a consent step before any file is processed.

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Challenges we ran into

Transcript formatting varied between Washington community colleges which made extraction harder than expected. Matching courses accurately required careful prompt engineering and testing. We also had to balance prediction confidence with simplicity since this is a hackathon build. Ensuring that the tool handles student data safely and with clear consent was another important challenge.

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Accomplishments that we are proud of

We built a working tool that helps Washington community college students save significant time when preparing to transfer to UW. Instead of manually searching the transfer guide or waiting for advisor replies, students can get a predicted equivalency summary within seconds. We are proud of building something that directly supports the academic success of future Husky transfers.

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What we learned

We learned how complex the transfer process can be even when the institutions are within the same state. We gained experience using AI to interpret academic data, building clean interfaces for sensitive information, and designing workflows that feel intuitive for students under stress. Most importantly, we learned how impactful a small tool can be when it solves a problem we experienced ourselves.

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What is next for the AI Transfer Evaluation Tool

Next, we want to refine our matching accuracy, add confidence scoring, and expand support for different transcript formats used by Washington community colleges. We would also like to include a feature that lets students type individual course codes and instantly see predicted UW equivalents without uploading a file. In the future, this tool could connect more tightly with UW department guidelines to become an even more reliable resource.

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Built With

• claude
• jspdf
• next.js
• node.js
• react
• typescript