Georgia Tech Student Launches JustLMK To Help Classmates Track Open Course Seats

When I think back to my college years (now well over a decade ago) I vividly remember the pain of signing up for classes. The stress of refreshing the registration website, checking for waitlist spots at odd hours…all in hopes of snagging a class I needed to fulfill a graduation requirement.

I assumed the process had been streamlined by now, and that today’s students were not still constantly refreshing one website in hopes that someone else had dropped from the one class you needed. It turns out, college kids today are having the same frustrations with platforms like OSCAR as I, and my fellow Millennials, all experienced years ago.

Georgia Tech first-year student Mehul Jasti felt the registration pain when he first stepped onto campus to pursue his computer science degree. With just two semesters of college under his belt, he’s launched an app, JustLmk, to help fellow students combat registration stress and ultimately get the classes they need.

Solving A Common Campus Headache

Jasti is looking to solve the “universal problem” college students have with class registration. Today, students don’t have a way to know when lecture slots open up, when sign-up restrictions change, and when waitlist seats are about to fill up. His app, which is available now in Apple App Store, gives users up-to-date enrollment information on the specific classes they are watching.

With JustLmk, students can choose any number of courses to have the platform monitor, and they get notified when enrollment or waitlists open up, or when class-specific restrictions change.

Last semester, Jasti got the word out about the app through word of mouth on campus and by commenting on Georgia Tech-specific Reddit posts.

Building JustLMK Between Classes

Jasti built JustLMK after looking into the OSCAR API and created the app in between classes. In true college form, he got the app published to the next day at 2 in the morning.

“One of the most surprising things I learned was how much demand there was for something like this. I originally built JustLmk because I was frustrated with trying to get into classes myself, but once I shared it, I realized a lot of students were dealing with the same problem,” he told Hypepotamus. “Building JustLmk has been a really fun mix of solving my own problem and then discovering that it could help a much bigger group of people.”

Jasti added that his ultimate goal is for the app to become a “simple, student-first platform that helps Georgia Tech students stay on top of the things they care about. The idea is that students shouldn’t have to constantly refresh pages or dig through scattered resources when there’s an option that lets them continue with their lives until something they need is open.”

While Jasti sees the platform expanding to other campuses, he is focused this summer on getting the word out to fellow Georgia Tech students. He is also looking for a potential sponsor who can help ensure the app remains free for students to use.