Re: [boost] GSoC 2014 Implementation of Algorithms for Boost.

Subject: Re: [boost] GSoC 2014 Implementation of Algorithms for Boost.
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-22 20:52:15

On 22 Feb 2014 at 22:38, Tejas Nikumbh wrote:

> Yep I would appreciate some mentor attention on this thread as well.

Tejas,

The GSoC ideas page lists many precanned GSoC projects written for 
students by potential mentors. If none of those interest you, then it 
is YOU who must write a suitable GSoC project proposal and ideally it 
is YOU who must try to find a potential mentor here willing to mentor 
you.

The explanation at the top of the GSoC ideas page is very clear about 
this. You should be aware that all student proposals go into a peer 
review stage where Boost members vote on proposals, ranking them to 
merit. Google then reviews our suggested ranking and can and do alter 
it to their own wishes. We are then allocated a certain number of 
GSoC slots by Google, and the top X ranked proposals get GSoC 
funding.

If your proposal is not of a similar quality to the precanned 
proposals written by potential mentors already on the GSoC ideas 
page, the chances are that your proposal will not be highly ranked. 
This is why it is especially important to start as early as possible 
if you wish to propose your own GSoC project. No one will write a 
proposal for you - if they did, that proposal would already be on the 
GSoC idea page.

I hope this helps.

Niall

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