Allie Nikitas is a Junior at Miami University of Ohio majoring in Finance with a minor Marketing. Nicole is a GradeGuru Ambassador at UM and a contributing author to our blog.

As I settled into another year at Miami University I was excited to start spreading the word about GradeGuru. One thing that I didn’t know was how it would be received by Miami students. Would students be skeptical of the new notes uploading site or would they try it out? In the last couple of weeks I’ve been interacting with all sorts of students on campus, showing them all the great benefits that GradeGuru has to offer them and the verdict is in. Miami students are really excited about GradeGuru.
Joyce Lin, a Junior Accountancy major pointed out, “I already have notes from the last two years that have been sitting on my computer doing nothing. It’s great that I can upload them for other students to use and even get rewarded for it.” When I asked her if she planned on using GradeGuru to search for notes for classes in which she is currently enrolled, Joyce explained, “I’ll definitely search for notes to clarify a concept or just to get another student’s perspective on something.”
I’ve also put together a team of interested students from Miami Business Consulting, which is a student run consulting group on campus, to help promote GradeGuru. Allison Karns, a Senior Marketing major on the team has been really impressed with how easy it is to find notes for specific classes. Another aspect of the site that members of the MBC team love is the ability to rate notes because you know that when you pull up a five-star rated file that you’re looking at top notch notes.
With GradeGuru being so new to Miami University, it should make for an interesting semester to learn how students are incorporating the site into their academic routine. I can’t wait to hear what Miami students like Joyce and Allison think of the new homepage and Miami University specific page when they launch!