Engineering-first student support

Make the most out of every engineering semester.

Future of STEM helps students compare classes, organize syllabi, build calendars, track exams, explore majors, and find support early.

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Built by students, for the first semester.

Future of STEM started at Clemson as a student-run project to help engineering and STEM students prepare earlier. Engineering is hard to navigate alone: national benchmarks show about 81% of engineering students persist to year two, while the longer-term concern is that roughly half may change majors or leave before graduation.

We start before students feel behind.

High school students, incoming freshmen, and current students can tell us who they are and what kind of STEM help they need.

We build the tools we wish we had.

The goal is practical support: major guidance, first-semester preparation, class planning, course organization, and resources for the classes that usually feel most difficult.

We improve it from real student questions.

As students ask questions and test the tools, Future of STEM can turn repeated problems into better templates, clearer FAQ answers, and school-specific support pages.

Four practical tools.

Templates and workflows students can use during the moments that usually feel messy.

Registration

Class Comparison

Compare classes, professors, sections, grade distributions, and schedule difficulty before registration.

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Week 1

Course Info Sheet

Organize syllabi, grading policies, exam dates, office hours, late policies, and key assignments.

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Calendar

Class Calendar Setup

Turn class schedules into a Google Calendar or Outlook import workflow.

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Exams

Exam and Study Calendar Upload

Import exam dates and study reminders, including a 7-day study reminder idea.

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Three focused resources.

Enough structure to help students move, without pretending the site has a huge content library on day one.

Campus support

Campus Academic Resources

School-specific tutoring, advising, registrar deadlines, library help, and engineering support links.

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Exploration

Major Discover

Explore engineering majors, what classes feel like, common projects, careers, and advisor questions.

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Course help

Course Specific Learning

Organized help for difficult freshman courses, especially Calculus, Chemistry, and Physics.

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Founding school example

Clemson first. More schools later.

The first school-specific prototype uses Clemson as the example. The long-term model is simple: shared tools, local campus links, and chapter contacts by school slug.

Student questions

Questions become better answers.

Students can ask one smart form. Repeated questions can become public FAQ answers, while private contact details stay protected in the backend.