The SISi Student app, developed by the National University of Mongolia (NUM), aims to provide students with convenient mobile access to their academic information and university services. Its stated purpose is to streamline access to student information systems, offering anytime, anywhere convenience. However, based on its current 0/5 star rating, the app appears to be significantly lacking in functionality and user experience.
1. What the App Does: Theoretically, the SISi Student app should allow students to access their academic records, including grades, transcripts, course schedules, and potentially payment information. It should also provide access to university announcements, news, and potentially communication tools such as messaging or forums. However, the extremely low rating suggests a significant failure to deliver on these core functions.
2. Key Features (or Lack Thereof): Without user reviews detailing specific features, it's difficult to identify specific strengths. Given the 0/5 rating, it's highly probable that the app suffers from significant drawbacks, such as: frequent crashes, slow loading times, inaccurate information, an unintuitive interface, lack of essential features promised in the description, poor security, and/or infrequent updates. The absence of any positive reviews suggests a complete lack of key features that would justify its existence. Any claimed advantages are clearly not being realized by the user base.
3. Use Cases: Ideally, the app would be used for quick access to grades, checking class schedules, viewing announcements, and accessing other important university information. Students could use it on campus or remotely to manage their academic affairs efficiently. However, the current state of the app likely renders it unusable for most, if not all, of these purposes. Students are probably resorting to alternative methods, such as accessing the university website directly or visiting administrative offices in person.
4. Target Audience: The app's target audience is explicitly stated as students of the National University of Mongolia. However, given its apparent failure to function correctly, it's questionable whether it serves this audience effectively. The app’s poor performance likely forces students to rely on less convenient and less efficient alternative methods for accessing their academic information.
5. Overall Assessment: The SISi Student app, despite its noble intention of improving student access to university information, currently appears to be a complete failure. A 0/5 star rating on the Google Play Store is a damning indictment, suggesting widespread dissatisfaction and a severely flawed application. The developer, the National University of Mongolia, needs to urgently address the underlying issues contributing to this abysmal rating. This requires not only fixing bugs and improving the user interface but also conducting thorough user testing and gathering feedback to understand the specific problems and implement meaningful solutions. Until significant improvements are made, the app is essentially useless and actively hinders the students it aims to serve. A complete overhaul, potentially involving a redesign from the ground up, seems necessary to make this app a valuable tool for NUM students.
Review published on July 1, 2025