Students often struggle to find structured, high-quality study materials beyond textbooks or lecture slides. While some platforms offer tutoring or textbook solutions, there is no centralized hub for peer-generated academic notes—especially those from top institutions. Existing examples from places like Harvard and Cambridge show demand, but these resources are scattered across personal blogs and GitHub repositories, making them hard to discover. A possible solution could be a platform where verified graduate and PhD students share their notes, essays, and videos in an organized, searchable way.

How It Could Work

One way this could be done is by creating a web platform where only students with verified institutional emails can upload content. The platform could categorize materials by university, course, and subject, with features like peer ratings and search functionality. To maintain quality, contributors could earn an "expert verification" badge based on peer reviews. The platform might also support LaTeX-rendered notes, which are common in technical fields, and include metadata tagging (like course codes) to help with organization and plagiarism prevention.

• For students: Access to curated, academically rigorous notes from elite institutions.
• For contributors: Recognition, reputation building, and potential passive income if monetized.
• For educators: A way to share supplementary materials or improve lectures based on student-generated content.

Execution and Differentiation

A simple starting point could be a GitHub-like repository for verified students to upload notes, focusing first on STEM fields where LaTeX is widely used. Partnering with a few universities to test policies and seed content might help refine the model before scaling. Unlike existing services like Chegg or OneClass, this platform could differentiate itself by focusing on graduate-level content, rigorous peer validation, and built-in LaTeX support. Competitors often lack structured note-sharing or rely on informal solutions, whereas this approach could offer a more academically trusted alternative.

By emphasizing curation, exclusivity, and academic integrity, this idea could fill a gap between informal note-sharing and commercial EdTech solutions.