“Student Finance”

👏 Instructional Design Manager at Mouse — Emoti-Con Judge

You've identified a really important problem that high student's face today. This information is hard, even for adults, to access. So marketing this towards high students is a great idea! As is, your project could provide a great service, but what I really love about it is the potential. There is so much important financial information out there that students just don't know about that your app could provide. I'm excited to see how far you can take this!

👏 Director of Programs at Mouse — Emoti-Con Judge

The website you've designed looks sleek and you're addressing an important issue. I wonder what your plan is for recruiting subject matter experts for the advice section. I can really see this being a helpful resource for high school students seeking to learn more about finance and college. Perhaps in the future you could think about partnering with organizations that serve high school students to get users! Excellent work.

👏 Teaching Artist at Pockets Change — Emoti-Con Judge

I love this project. The website is simple and very clear. The green is a great color for talking about money. My favorite element of the site is that it is a place for conversations between peers to share advice, struggles, questions etc. Money buddy conversations are vital.... Full discloser, I am a teaching artist with an organization called Pockets Change that teaches financial literacy to youth, so this is an area that I am both knowledgeable and passionate about. And I will say that the most important thing is to start having conversations about money, financial systems, how they can negatively impact us and how they can uplift us. Starting to have these conversations can be uncomfortable, but it's really important. It's great that your site offers an easy and fairly anonymous way to initiate these conversations!! This could be an amazing resource and make a huge impact in the lives of many people....

Perri Meeks, one of the other judges above wrote in a comment that they were interested in how you might recruit experts for an advice section. You can certainly use us at Pockets Change as a resource and reach out through our website. We also have a toolkit section on the site that you might find really useful...... I hope you keep developing this site!