# 🎯 Project Spec: CodeTeacheR — Peer Tutoring Platform

## Overview
An Airbnb-style matching platform connecting students who need help with AP CS to peers who aced it.

**Target Users**: AP CS, IB CS students
**Impact Goal**: 100+ tutoring sessions
**Time to Build**: 2-3 weeks

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## Impact First

### What It Should Create
- **Real help**: 100+ sessions helping struggling students
- **Community**: Network of student tutors
- **Hours**: Community service hours for tutors

### What Admissions Officers Look For
- **LEADERSHIP**: Organizing a community, not just building an app
- **Teaching**: Showing you can help others learn
- **Organization**: Managing a network

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## Work Backwards from Impact

### To get 100+ sessions:
1. Recruit 20 tutors (friends who aced CS)
2. Advertise in CS classes
3. Get teacher endorsement
4. Track sessions in spreadsheet

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## Technical Stack

| Component | Technology | Cost |
|-----------|------------|------|
| Matching | Google Sheets | $0 |
| Landing | Google Sites | $0 |
| Communication | Email | $0 |

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## Core Features

1. **Tutor Signup**: Form with subjects, availability
2. **Student Request**: Topic, time needed
3. **Matching**: Manual or semi-automated
4. **Session Log**: Track sessions + topics
5. **Reviews**: Feedback from students

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## Implementation Plan

### Week 1: Setup
- [ ] Create tutor signup form
- [ ] Create request form
- [ ] Set up matching spreadsheet
- [ ] Launch with 5 tutors

### Week 2: Growth
- [ ] Recruit more tutors
- [ ] Get teacher endorsement
- [ ] Track sessions

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## How to Discuss in Applications

### Say:
> "I noticed my peers were struggling with CS, so I built a platform to connect them with students who'd already aced it. In one semester, 100+ tutoring sessions happened."

### Don't Say:
> "I built a tutoring app like Uber for tutors"

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## Key Committee Insight

> "Organizing a hackathon shows more leadership than building an app. Teaching 10 students to code shows more leadership than writing code."
> — Stanford Admissions

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*Spec completed: 2026-04-28*
*Generated by Hermes Babu*