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Hi Brian Peterson,
The student submission period is nearly over - you can expect a lot of proposals coming in over these last 72 hours! We know you are all quite busy responding to students and giving them feedback on their draft proposals. In the next phase of GSoC, you select which of these proposals you choose for GSoC projects.
Reviewing Final PDF Proposals: April 3 - 16
The deadline for students to submit their Final PDF proposal is Monday, April 3rd at 16:00 UTC.
Students without Final PDF proposals cannot be accepted, and there will be no exceptions.
After 16:00 UTC April 3rd, org members will be able to see the Final PDFs submitted by students.
April 3rd 16:00 UTC is also the deadline for students to submit a proof of enrollment in an eligible university program. Students who fail to do this are ineligible for GSoC this year. We will be reviewing the forms and students will have a chance to resubmit if there are any problems.
Your decision about whether or not to select a student should be based on the Final PDF proposal. You will also be able to reference the draft proposal -- but should not make your decision based on it. A draft proposal is intended to be used to view the comment thread and maybe see how the student interacted with you and responded to comments, etc. Do not use it to let the student make more changes after the deadline. That is not fair to all the other applicants.
Want to Mentor?
If you are interested in being a mentor for a given proposal then you can click the purple “Want to Mentor” button to help your Org Admin know that you are interested. This is particularly helpful for the org admins when determining if they have enough mentors for their slot requests.
Slots Request - deadline April 17 16:00 UTC
Org Admins will request a minimum and maximum number of project slots. Slots should only be requested for projects where there is at least one confirmed mentor and where the student has a good chance of succeeding. Do not accept "okay" proposals. New orgs will likely only receive 1-2 slots, no matter how many they request.
April 17th is also the deadline for students to have any re-submitted proof of enrollment forms approved. Note that students with invalid forms will not appear in your list of student projects you can choose from starting April 19th (when slots are announced).
All Org Admins should read Slot Allocation and Project Selection for more detailed information.
Upcoming Important Dates
April 3 16:00 UTC: Mentors and Org Admins review student draft proposals and give students feedback on their proposals.
April 3 - 16: Review all submitted student proposals with your org and consider how many you want to select and how many you can handle. Decide on the minimum/maximum number of student slots to request.
April 17, 16:00 UTC: Deadline to submit slot requests (OAs enter requests)
April 19, 16:00 UTC: Slot allocations are announced by Google
April 19 - 24 16:00 UTC : Select the proposals to become student projects. At least 1 mentor must be assigned to each project before it can be selected. (OAs enter selections)
April 24 - May 4: Google Program Admins will do another review of student eligibility
May 4: Accepted GSoC students/projects are announced
May 4 - 29: Community Bonding Period
May 30: Coding begins!
June 26-30: First evaluation period - mentors evaluate students, students evaluate mentors
If you haven’t done so already, be sure to read the Roles and Responsibilities to understand what is expected of you and of students during the program.
Please contact us at gsoc-s...@google.com with any questions.
Google Open Source Programs Office
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