Macky Broido, a freshman at La Jolla High School and Max Sun, a freshman at The Bishop’s School, took fifth place in a countywide app design contest – competing against adults, Feb. 22-23.
The boys developed “GradeMyHealth,” Broido said. “What the app is designed to do is give the users information in a visual graph — or look at the information by data. You choose your neighborhood and you answer five questions, and then it shows you how you compare to the rest of your community. It will also tell you how you can improve your health based on your habits.”
The boys placed fifth out of 18 teams — all comprised of adults — which came with a cash prize of $1,000. Some competitors came to San Diego from Silicon Valley; and a Ph.D. student came from UCLA.
In addition to placing as well as he did, Sun said a few things about the contest surprised him. “I think it was more a competition for ideas, so even if we weren’t great at programming, we still could have entered and if we had a great idea, we could have had a chance at winning.”
However, the boys went above and beyond the quest to make a functioning smartphone app.
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