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3 days ago Team's Response
The same issue of not providing a list of universities
The 'Original' Bug
[The team marked this bug as a duplicate of the following bug]
No way to view or edit universities list
Currently there seems to be no way for the administrators to edit or view the university list which could be an issue for administrators especially when using functions which use the university index such as ViewQuota.
[original: nus-cs2113-AY2425S1/pe-interim#693] [original labels: type.FeatureFlaw severity.High]
Their Response to the 'Original' Bug
[This is the team's response to the above 'original' bug]
We take it that the University List is final already so no additional changes are required, also this application is built for simplifying the allocation process for the administrators. Furthermore, it is given that the administrators already have the list of Universities and their indexes, because that was what we referenced when building the list. Also, we felt that if we had a function to print out the list of universities may not be the most ideal, as we would be flooding the terminal with at least 92 lines every time they want to see the list of universities.
Items for the Tester to Verify
:question: Issue duplicate status
Team chose to mark this issue as a duplicate of another issue (as explained in the Team's response above)
- [ ] I disagree
Reason for disagreement: [replace this with your explanation]
## :question: Issue response Team chose [`response.NotInScope`] - [x] I disagree **Reason for disagreement:**  If there is no way to refer to the complete list of universities that the product is using, it is very difficult for administrators to cross-check that they are referring to the same list. Also, if the developer team had access to a specific list, and fully based their product on it, it is reasonable to have them provide the reference in the user guide (or anywhere else convenient for that matter). This issue is a crucial part of the project because it hinders the usage of the product to quite a large extent, to any user. Fixing this issue is more important than issues in v2.1. In fact, fixing this issue should have been done as early as possible. The team did not indicate that they would be adding the list of universities soon, or that it is not supported in the user guide, so it is not a response.NotInScope type.
## :question: Issue severity Team chose [`severity.VeryLow`] Originally [`severity.Medium`] - [x] I disagree **Reason for disagreement:** This is definitely not Very-Low severity, it is not merely a cosmetic flaw. Users actually need to refer to the specific list for normal usage without any inconvenience. Clearly, it causes occasional inconvenience to normal users, as well as administrators (the team's target audience).
While it is mentioned that there are 92 universities/preferences available in the program, there is no given list to be referred to. Moreover, users are required to input universities preferences by their respective numbers only. This is not very user-friendly. It is too demanding to expect users to remember 92 universities and their numbers by heart when trying to input so many students' preferences into the program.