GSoC 2016: application period ongoing, a few advices
From: Matthieu Moy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:08:49
Hi, Recipients of this email: the Git list, mentors and admins (I tried to use the address you normally use, or the one on the GSoC site. Let me know if I shall use another one), and students who showed interest in GSoC (I may have missed some ...). Bcc-ed is a student who applied via the web interface but did not disclose his email publicly yet. As a reminder, the GSoC students application period has started (since March 14, deadline = March 25th = soon). Up to now, we have 2 ongoing applications (1 final PDF and one draft). I didn't see much discussion about students proposals, and I'm a bit worried about it. My main advice to students: make sure your applications are seen and reviewed by as many people as possible, and give them time to send feedback. A few important things to know: * Anything submitted on https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ is visible only to people invited there. Don't hesitate to discuss on-list to get feedback from other people (and don't hesitate to Cc people that may be interested, not everybody reads the whole list). * PDF final proposals are visible to mentors only after the deadline. Nobody can comment on it before. Right now there's a final proposal without a draft, I suspect I'd have a lot of comments to make on it given the abstract, but I can't because I can't read the text. * OTOH, drafts are meant to be read and commented before the deadline. The new site suggests using a google doc that can be edited, commented, ... and the same link can be posted to the list. To potential mentors: please log in on the GSoC website and keep an eye on the list of proposals. Note that unlike the old system, comments we add there are only for mentors & admins, not seen by students. Regards, -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/