Launch HN: Edlyft (YC W20) – Paid Support Program for CS College Students
Hi HN! We’re Erika and Arnelle, friends since high school and co-founders of Edlyft ( https://www.edlyft.com ). We help college students pass their most challenging computer science classes, by offering them group tutoring sessions, study groups, and guidance from peers who’ve done it before them. Arnelle and I came into college as freshmen not knowing how to code, but wanting to graduate with a CS degree. We found the steep learning curve discouraging, the lack of support frustrating, and felt like everyone else was always ahead. Impostor syndrome hit hard. But we made it through! In the end, what made the difference was connecting with students and mentors who had come before us. My junior year out of desperation, I wrote a letter to a grad student who was willing to meet with me weekly to review concepts and connect me with other CS students. Without that support system, I p
Why it failed
Hi HN! We’re Erika and Arnelle, friends since high school and co-founders of Edlyft ( https://www.edlyft.com ). We help college students pass their most challenging computer science classes, by offering them group tutoring sessions, study groups, and guidance from peers
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- ehairston
- Ended
- 2020
- Source
- hackernews