HICON AI: Higher Education Counseling Bot

As more and more students are seeking counseling services to help them pursue higher education opportunities abroad, it has become apparent that there is a lack of automation and a monopolization of counseling agencies, which presents a challenge for these students. To address this issue, this study has developed HICON AI: Higher Education Counselor. HI-CON made from Higher - Counseling is an innovative application that offers personalized college selection and preparation recommendations to students. By asking a set of defined questions, the bot gets to know the user and provides tailored guidance based on the information provided, utilizing refined Machine Learning models and Retrieval Augmented Generation. This study has specifically used Llama 2, LLM by meta for the considered use case, because of its high performance and financial viability. The developed new product ensures the highest level of accuracy and reliability.