199 similarity list

[cthotti]

Summary

Describe the purpose of this pull request. What does it do, and why is it needed?

• This feature is for users to find similar characteristics between the alumni and themselves.
• I also changed the layout and design of student and alumni profiles, plus connect page

Closes #(issue number) if applicable.
#199

Changes Made

• changed groq model to llama
• updated the calls to and from groq
• created new validators to check responses
• ensured that both student and alumni info are sent to backend

Briefly summarize the major changes:

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Testing

How was this change tested?

• Manual end-to-end testing
• Unit Tests
• CI checks passed

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
opportune	Ready	Preview, Comment	Feb 15, 2026 2:40am

[n1sh1thaS]

Could you remove the new design changes into a different branch and only keep the similarity list feature in this PR. Thanks!

[n1sh1thaS]

Could you also remove personal details (like name) from the data that is passed into Groq. You can just have the output refer to the student as "you" and the alumni as "this alumni" or something along those lines.