NATIONAL INTRA-SCHOOL STUDENT ORGANIZATION FORUM SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTANCE WITH THE TOPSIS METHOD

This study aims to apply the TOPSIS method as an effective tool in the decision-making system for selecting scholarship recipients. The scholarship selection process is an important step in ensuring that institutions select potential recipients who fit their criteria. In this study, researchers identified criteria that were relevant in the selection of scholarship recipients, such as the average student report card scores, student positions in student council, student experience, and student achievements. The data obtained from each vendor is converted to a relative scale using normalization techniques. The TOPSIS method was then applied to obtain the relative ranking of each student. In this method, students who have the closest distance to the positive ideal solution (which has the highest score on all criteria) and the farthest distance from the negative ideal solution (which has the lowest score on all criteria) will be selected as the best choice. This research was conducted using a case study on the selection process for FON scholarship recipients at the Telkom Institute of Technology, Purwokerto. The results show that the TOPSIS method provides a consistent and objective rating for each student. Thus, the TOPSIS-based decision-making system can assist management in selecting students who best fit the institution's criteria. In addition, we also conducted a sensitivity analysis to test the reliability of the scholarship recipient selection results by considering the variation in the weight of the criteria. The results show that changing the weight of the criteria can affect ranking, allowing management to consider different preferences with the final result being the highest preference value, namely 0.844901. This research makes an important contribution in the field of decision-making systems and selection of scholarship recipients.