6 Degrees

Phillips Academy students are unsatisfied with their current networking tools, in need of easier ways to make friends with their friends' friends and increase job opportunities. Our goal is to bridge this gap by creating a safe, easy-to-use Andover-specific medium for communication and branching out. Our platform works in tandem with scheduling software to make sure connections aren't missed while also displaying networks and similarities to students in a visual, categorical, and easily searchable manner. We are in a great position to do so because we have a close, interconnected school community with many different classes, clubs, and ways to connect. Furthermore, 73% of our survey respondents would be interested in a product similar to our planned MVP. We're excited to have four years ahead of us to work on our product and connect people in our community.