Economic factors often prevent outstanding students from continuing their education in Indonesia. SMP Plus Madaarikul Ulum offers scholarships as a solution, but the selection process which is still done manually often makes it difficult to determine the right criteria based on student data. This research aims to overcome the problem by designing a scholarship recommendation application using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method and the Rapid Throwaway Prototyping Model. The SAW method is used to calculate student scores based on predetermined criteria, while the Rapid Throwaway Prototyping Model is applied to design the application in stages by involving user input. The results showed that the developed application was able to improve the efficiency of scholarship selection with 80 percent accuracy compared to manual calculations, and passed the blackbox test with a score of 82.8 percent, which indicated the performance and effectiveness of the application in the scholarship selection process.
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