Student says University of Washington has threatened to expel him for a course-trading app he built for class project

JD Kaim, a University of Washington Computer Science student built a class-trading application for students to swap course spots. He claims the school threatened him with potential expulsion and an ultimatum to make a similar solution for the university without compensation.

Kaim created "HuskySwap" as part of his CSE 403 coursework — a platform designed to help students find partners to trade spots in filled classes. The project earned course credit and positive feedback from peers. But when Kaim requested API access to automate course catalog data, rather than manually entering classes, he said he received a "Notice of Violation of Registration Tampering Abuse Policy" demanding he take down even the demo site's sample data.