[nickysielicki]

I typed this comment up as a quick break from work, and rereading my comment I can say I did not have enough editing. I didn't mean to come across so critical. It's just so close to being a great idea that can solve what I see as a huge problem-- why are people taking out loans for a bullshit University of Phoenix degree? Because they don't know what their options are, and they don't know what it's going to cost, and they have some feeling in the back of their head that college is always a worthwhile investment. That's how we nationally end up with more student debt loan than credit card debt.

With a little more data and a bit more prodding, this could genuinely fix that. No longer will people be getting their primary source of information from 2:00AM University of Phoenix commercials.

When I said the execution was poor it was not to say that this is somehow botched, it's just that it's so damn close. I think 18F is really cool, and I hope it continues to have cool projects.

At the same time, the tool genuinely wouldn't have helped me, and on HN I feel like that type of criticism is useful. Not just for the poster, but for people who are interested in solving problems in this realm and want to get in the head of someone who would use it.

PS: I signed up for an API key. Thanks for the comment. I'll poke around this weekend.