google-summer-of-code

[jovial remnant]

ikr its so annoying honestly

[lone mica]

Yea I think it's enough Reddit for me today, just gotta wait bro

[elder musk]

what are you talk about 👀 link ??

[lone mica]

I don't think it's worth getting annoyed over but just take a look at GSoC2025 Reddit forum

I don't think it's actually legit tho

[weak totem]

guys are yall seeing this too?

in your profile

[lone mica]

I'm not seeing that

looks like you got it haha

[lone mica]

where did you see that?

[weak totem]

at the bottom of the profile page

[lone mica]

yea I see it too

[lone mica]

what do you think it means?

[weak totem]

not sure man
same leak happened last year

[lone mica]

It looks good though

[lone mica]

Kinda tempted to hit the withdraw to see what happens but I think that would be incredibly stupid

[rotund meadow]

I see nothing 😩

[lone mica]

can you try it out?

[lone mica]

sorry to hear man

[weak totem]

lmao no im not doing that

[lone mica]

ahha

[weak totem]

would be hilarious if it actually withdrew

[lone mica]

me neither, I'm gonna say that that is it confirmed I guess

[mortal mural]

Wow

[mortal mural]

how do they show it so early tho

💔

[lone mica]

did you get it too?

[mortal mural]

nah

[weak totem]

im actually not sure if i got in or not

I only applied for 1 org so it could be an anomaly too

[mortal mural]

ts suck twin

[weak totem]

how many orgs did yall apply for

[mortal mural]

was that picture yours?

[weak totem]

yes

[mortal mural]

I think most likely you got in

[lone mica]

I applied to 3 different orgs but had to withdraw one

[mortal mural]

do they update according to batches or everyone got that at the same time?

[lone mica]

I got the top one I wanted and when i look at the program field it is only the org that I ranked no. 1

[lone mica]

Idk

[weak totem]

i see
do you see it in your profile?

[mortal mural]

Did yall get an interview for your choices

[weak totem]

my org doesnt do interviews

[lone mica]

I had one

it was more of a casual interview

[mortal mural]

oh i had one as well

thought i made it

[lone mica]

are we allowed to say what we applied to?

at least what org it was?

[mortal mural]

nah just gatekeep it

[weak totem]

I'd hide it just in case

[mortal mural]

for now

[lone mica]

yea, just becasue it is early

the last updated bit is maybe a better sign

[rotund meadow]

reply to my dm @lone mica

[mortal mural]

Nice

what does that indicate anyways

[mortal mural]

i think this one was a better indicator

[lone mica]

yea i think it is too

[weak totem]

I'm actually nervous asf lmao

would be a bummer if they just buzzkill tomorrow and say "okay you are rejected"

[lone mica]

but it is just more evidence that something happened

[lone mica]

same, idk whether to celebrate or not

but it looks very plausible

[rotund meadow]

Mine is last updated in March😭

[lone mica]

This is one that I think i got reject from then

[lone mica]

maybe they still have to look at it

[rotund meadow]

RIP

[lone mica]

nothing is confirmed until tomorrow my friend

[rotund meadow]

good night guys, enough gsoc fot today:/

[jovial remnant]

i am bummer to apply to a ghost org

[mortal mural]

true

is there any case that it happens the other way around

[lone mica]

I hope not

I don't think we are breaking any rules by discussing this, plus it still isn't 100% confirmed

[mortal mural]

I never seen this last year lmfao

i hope the rumors arent true

[lone mica]

waht rumors?

This is the first year that I have heard of GSoC

[weak totem]

i remember this happening last year too

[mortal mural]

all the stuff going on

[lone mica]

like the leak?

[mortal mural]

ye

[lone mica]

do you not have the same thing on your profile?

[mortal mural]

nah

its calm tho

i will just wait

[lone mica]

there could still be time for them to update the ocntributors, mine was just updated today as I showed earlier

like in the past few hours mine updated so there is still a chance

calm init

calm

[elder musk]

💔 I think I have applied to a ghost org

[cunning ice]

If you want your proposal to be removed from consideration then hit withdrawal. If you want it to be considered then don't...

[lament river]

is it possible that an org register for GSoC and end up taking in no projects/proposals ?

[loud smelt]

yes same but i think they have fixed it for the ones who were able to see this tag bcz we are no longer able to see this,
although the program field json is still filled with details like b4

[cunning ice]

yes it is possible for an org to accept 0 proposals

[mossy nest]

My org also took proposals as PR's on their repo and reviewed from there so....

I'm still hopeful

I also have the same last updated date in the gsoc portal

[mossy nest]

How many of you are able to see this??

Is it a glitch only tied to some orgs??

[cunning ice]

the only thing that means anything is the results at 1800 UTC April 30. Speculation is pointless

[lament river]

@cunning ice
Does this mean that the organisation didn't even review your proposal?

I am curious, what causes different last updated dates for different people
There must be some backend logic for the same right ?

[lone mica]

Yea this is the most rational way to look at it. A lot of this "leak" has probably caused more anxiety

[mossy nest]

indeed

people of reddit have convinced me that I'm not selected

[mortal mural]

what if those conspiracies turn out to be true

🤣

after the results

[lone mica]

Yea as Stephanie said "speculation is pointless" and it isn't that long until we actually have confirmed answers anyway

[mossy nest]

nothing

I'll start my own org 🙂

[mortal mural]

🤣

[lone mica]

If they are true, then maybe one of the GSoC alumni can help out in fixing future leaks haha

[mossy nest]

I am not joking 😁

[lone mica]

I definitely still want to be considered for the project

[rotund meadow]

Watch your org be rejected then

12 long hours ahead of me

[lone mica]

we are nearly there brother

[grizzled relic]

when will the results be announced

[rotund meadow]

5 hours 13 minutes

[rancid peak]

then i supposed i shouldn't even wait, cus it's obvious that i got rejected...

[lone mica]

Don't be worried about that, it doesn't tell you anything. Nothing will. All is just speculation at the moment

[rotund meadow]

3 hours 32 minutes

[rotund meadow]

You can withdraw

[lone mica]

you can wait it out for just 3 more hours too

[barren ibex]

Why withdraw?

Will it get counted in the "2 try" rule of gsoc? Meaning u can only apply twice total in gsoc

[rancid peak]

i think the rule is you can only get accepted twice

but no limit in how many times you can apply?

[lone mica]

"They have previously participated as a GSoC Student or GSoC Contributor in Google Summer of Code two (2) or more times."

that is in the rules under 7.1 (iv)

[barren ibex]

Well yea... that

But what's the logic of withdrawing? Seeing it alot on reddit aswell

[lone mica]

it says 2 or more so I wonder when it would have been the case when it could have been more. I thought it was just 2

Reddit is a minefield at the moment for this stuff

[barren ibex]

Barely anyone is making sense there ngl...

People playing with network tab n all and its just confusing

Considering nobody has posted legit proof of it

At this point just chill and enjoy life

[rotund meadow]

Last year results didn’t come at 18 UTC but 40 minutes later

[lone mica]

hahah, yea it seems like a lot of speculation

[barren ibex]

Well none of us have good sleep schedule so doesnt matter

[barren ibex]

@rancid peak btw yes... you are right

[lone mica]

definitely not after this haha

[barren ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-lebron-james-airball-nice-try-gif-15738068015440279717

This how people are feeling after they find program:[] filled

[barren ibex]

Well even before this my sleep schedule sucked so yea we ball

So what's next yall

Do yall have any plans

[rancid peak]

cry myself to sleep

[lone mica]

I'm at work atm obsessing over this GSoC stuff

[barren ibex]

Hey... Ramen could help today

Treat yourself

[lone mica]

which isn't great but work is slow anyway

[barren ibex]

Oh... gsoc is allowed for work peeps aswell?

[lone mica]

well I'm not working as a swe

[barren ibex]

Student and a part timer?

[lone mica]

this is a job I'm doing for a gap year

[barren ibex]

Ahhh... makes sense

Smart

[lone mica]

ye ye,

need more money my friend,

[barren ibex]

Everyone does

[lone mica]

before I head back to uni

[barren ibex]

Good luck tho

[lone mica]

glad you said it

[barren ibex]

Bet u gon make alot

[lone mica]

you too

[barren ibex]

Why do u think gsoc took such a boom

[lone mica]

ahhaha why you say that lol?

[barren ibex]

Make sure to not wash it away in one go in uni

[barren ibex]

Its to make u feel good... life does end up giving a lot more than we need...

[lone mica]

because contributing to open source is giving back to the software community for all of the tools that make our live easier and to build experience creating code that is valuable...

[barren ibex]

Well thats the philosophy some of us follow... most are here for quick money too

[lone mica]

I genuinely do just want to learn more software tho ahha

[barren ibex]

Us

[lone mica]

I'm a nerd and proud

[barren ibex]

A proud nerd is better than just a nerd

[rotund meadow]

What I would earn in gsoc is less than my job

[barren ibex]

Ggs

[barren ibex]

For undergrads i mean

[hollow mulch]

everyone here are nerd 😂

[barren ibex]

LA taking ages to type... golly

[lone mica]

ofc ofc

[barren ibex]

U took 5 mins to type that gang 😭🥀

[hollow mulch]

I left my tab open my baddd

[lone mica]

still more money though

[barren ibex]

Its all good

[hollow mulch]

I am just waiting up for GSOC to announce the selected contributors

[rotund meadow]

2 hours 27 minutes

Going out to do some gardening

[barren ibex]

Bro is canonically always online here

[barren ibex]

Finally gonna touch some grass

[rotund meadow]

Yess

[rotund meadow]

1 hour 52 minutes

Last year seemed more crowded

[barren ibex]

Gang what r u? The watcher? 😭🥀

Bro has all kind of data

https://tenor.com/view/the-watcher-marvel-gif-23393096

[grave ember]

[barren ibex]

This u prolly

[barren ibex]

Money

[grave ember]

[barren ibex]

Simp

[grave ember]

[real pendant]

I am cooked my program:[] empty and my heart is pumping like hell... If i die today all credit goes to these ppl who spread this program empty thing

[grave ember]

[real pendant]

I worked so hard for last 3 months if I get rejected today I can't trust gsoc anymore

[rotund meadow]

You have trust issues now?

[grave ember]

chill mate, your work is not wasted

[real pendant]

Also got rejection in 2024

After that I am trying this year

[grave ember]

gsoc is just luck

[real pendant]

It has to be based on contributions mentors are biased af

[rotund meadow]

If you get rejected today, will you try again 2027?

[grave ember]

we cant beat luck but your work is still good enough for learning

[real pendant]

I will say f** gsoc and move on i tried like hell this year

[grave ember]

well you cant expect that they will pick you. It depends on how much priority they give to a certain thing

[real pendant]

It just feels like empty when you work hard and you get a stamp of luck didnt work out boi

I am trying to convence myself that i got the rejection again

[grave ember]

well your work will still help you, and tbh there are more open source places like GSoC which give similar or sometimes even better rewards and are not popular

[rotund meadow]

Give me examples

[grave ember]

anyway where did you apply anyway?

my thoughts and fingers are not aligning together under this anxiety

[real pendant]

Gsoc name helps more than money its all about name under resume

[real pendant]

Lfx outreachy

[real pendant]

Kubeflow

[grave ember]

can't argue that, but still open source contributions also have good effect on resume

[real pendant]

I got rejection in 2024 maybe I am not gonna give up I feel rejection just gonna fuel me more to go more to try

I tried this year because i got the rejection in 2024

Otherwise i would have gone stale conceiving that I already done

Maybe thats a good side of failure that you get lessons and it fuels to go more🤞

[grave ember]

well we can just wait, the program thing might not even be a thing this year lol

[rotund meadow]

I get rejected a lot in interviews

[grave ember]

it might be fixed, as it was first discovered last year

[rotund meadow]

Maybe they troll us this year with the bug

[grave ember]

lol

[rotund meadow]

#trolledByGoogle

[grave ember]

Ya tbh I think everyone is fake, and a conspiracy against me so I dont get money

[real pendant]

However for the future readers like me coming here with anxiety to see if they are accepted or not. Dont feel bad I am also a guy like you who is anxious but believe me failure fuels to go more than success and in a way its better so even if you get rejected try again try again until your ego gets that success tag

Me: Rejected in 2024 and 2026(Probably)

[winged shell]

Accepted project announce or not

[rotund meadow]

Imagine being rejected 10 times straight

[grave ember]

11:30 pm ist

[rotund meadow]

1 hour 32 minutes

[grave ember]

🐴

[winged shell]

Ok

[unkempt zenith]

anyone from ml4sci got any update whatsoever?

[grave ember]

is anyone from Neovim?

if you are

withdraw

[rotund meadow]

Im from earth tbh

[rotund meadow]

Lmaoo

[jovial remnant]

I am from NRNB

i have seen many ml4sci peeps asking for updates

is it a dead org? like mine?

NRNB is the deadest no one can argue on that

[unkempt zenith]

bro legit 0 update or communication

[grave ember]

i still dont get it, how google give these orgs slot when mostly they are just dead

[unkempt zenith]

only revert I got was when I mailed them confirming if my Google form was recieved and they said that if I got a confirmation mail then it was recieved

nothing after that lol

[winged shell]

I am a bigginer and I want to start to contribute open source how i can start which organisation to start the contribute

[grave ember]

well you can look at the tools you use

if you think any tool should have some feature you desire, look if it has a github and contribute

you can even try good first issue tag in github issues

[winged shell]

I am very confuse which organisation to start contribution

[jovial remnant]

😭same

[jovial remnant]

I got no replies after 31st march

but before that I had to talked to my org admin

[grave ember]

I had no communication after my proposal, but recently got a question about my proposal only so far even tho neovim is a active repo

[gleaming whale]

should i play hollow knight

[grave ember]

ofcourse

its a fun game and challenging game

[winged shell]

Anyone tell me for beginner good organisation to start contribution

[grave ember]

and the music

[gleaming whale]

let me buy that from my gsoc money (if i get selected 😭)

[grave ember]

there are no beginner good organisation, you just have to figure out what you want to do, look at the tools you use. you can even contribute to VS Code, look for good first issue tags

[gleaming whale]

look for umbrella organisations like python or KDE, if your only goal is getting selected. Lot more slots, Less competetion, Always active

[grave ember]

you can also contribute to your fav language if you want like javascript

[winged shell]

@grave ember @gleaming whale thankyou

[vestal pebble]

agreed

[gleaming whale]

Not completely but yeah luck is big factor

[hallow locust]

1hour 12min left🤧

[rotund meadow]

Still gardening

[glacial vessel]

1 hr 17 mins

If I'm not selected reddit is definitely bs

[gleaming whale]

reddit in 2026 🥀

[glacial vessel]

Not my fault tho

I got all the things they say means proposal selected

[gleaming whale]

What they say?

[glacial vessel]

Who cares

Can't trust reddit

Afterall

Google won't let things slide

[gleaming whale]

Fairs ig

[glacial vessel]

1 hr 2 mins

And heavy rainfall , electricity cut with my phone at 3% for burning my nerves

[gleaming whale]

This good signs for you bro, W

[glacial vessel]

Now it's 2%

[glacial vessel]

Even I'm not selected I need to have a look at the result

[gleaming whale]

You will get selected bro dw

[glacial vessel]

Well. If I don't .. this statement is a lie

[rotund meadow]

1 hour left

[real pendant]

Nikhil let @somber basalt write the message for us we are waiting for

[gleaming whale]

Why you tagging lmao

[real pendant]

🫠

[rotund meadow]

Time is ticking guys

[real pendant]

Bois 58 min to see the rejection in the front page

[rotund meadow]

Its time to admit

[gleaming whale]

fuh no , WE all getting selected

[rotund meadow]

We will receive an email

[real pendant]

Nah its not happening it will be a rejection in bold letter

[rotund meadow]

However the email will not be sent directly, but will take some time

You brought the boss out

[gleaming whale]

We gonna get the boss call to keep this chat relevant ig

[rotund meadow]

Im so excited

[gleaming whale]

Me too twin

[rotund meadow]

Keep refreshing your emails at 18 UTC

You will receive that email telling you if you are accepted or not

[glacial vessel]

🫡

55 minutes

[rotund meadow]

How many people applied?

[glacial vessel]

Lol last year i submitted 2 proposals and got 3 rejection mails

[rotund meadow]

Nice

[gleaming whale]

This my first time applying

[glacial vessel]

Cool

[rotund meadow]

They ran out of rejection emails for you already

[glacial vessel]

Ig so.. this time one org one proposal

I explored open source a lot in a year

Trying everywhere

[gleaming whale]

That's so cool

[rotund meadow]

Keep sending PRs

[mossy nest]

Anxiety 📈📈

[rotund meadow]

52 minutes man

[unkempt zenith]

us bro

[glacial vessel]

Ahhh can't wait

[rotund meadow]

Let me keep gardening

[unkempt zenith]

shits very confusing especially with reddit talking about program []

[glacial vessel]

Don't talk about reddit

Shut up

[unkempt zenith]

😭😭

[rotund meadow]

Watch Google ban reddit

[unkempt zenith]

traumatic experience

[mossy nest]

but you have those signs right?

[glacial vessel]

I got the program json thing
Contributor tag too
And also last updated is 29 april

[glacial vessel]

But if I'm not selected

That's a definite trauma

[gleaming whale]

what this even mean lol

[unkempt zenith]

bro everybody in ml4sci as far as I have seen have nothing related to the last updated thing or any of it

like 0 signs

[glacial vessel]

I want to forget reddit in order to be prepared for rejection

[jovial remnant]

exactly

[glacial vessel]

That's why I deleted reddit and came here

[gleaming whale]

So maybe very fewer slots there

[glacial vessel]

Check gsoc25 subreddit

It's fun

Gsoc26 got banned dk why

So everyone started posting in gsoc25

[rotund meadow]

Maybe they have less slots this year?

AI crisis going on

[rich hull]

Yes actually that's sad, it said it violated some rule but ig GSOC 2026 reddit is very much needed, bro they already made a gsoc2027, I just saw 😭😭

[mossy nest]

how many PR's you did in your target org?

[glacial vessel]

Yeah

[jovial remnant]

like people are even differing on programs[] and programs[ ]

[rotund meadow]

I did 5 PRs

[gleaming whale]

I got this field filled with one of the orgs i applied lol

just now saw the reddit theories

[rotund meadow]

Under review is meaningless. If it aint merged its wasted

My mentor grouped me with the comentor

[gleaming whale]

Large or medium project?

[glacial vessel]

Medium

[unkempt zenith]

they had 3rd most last year acc to stats

[rotund meadow]

Im in group chat with them now and keep sending PRs there

[mossy nest]

nahh bro

i was also there

we have same mentors ig

[gleaming whale]

Cool, I'm applying for a large project

[rich hull]

Disagree, under review a lot of times means that the maintainers are overwhelmed with prs a lot of times, and sometimes there are n number of reasons thos for being under review, that doesn't always means rejected pr lol

[glacial vessel]

I don't even know you

[unkempt zenith]

somebody claimed that they had around 800 proposals this year

[gleaming whale]

Oh yeah then it's cooked. They may not have the man power to look into all the proposals

[unkempt zenith]

idk how they got that number but if it's true that's insane

[rotund meadow]

Still it does not mean the PR has a chance to be merged without rework

[unkempt zenith]

tbh they did have a lot of mentors but yea still 800 is a lot

[rotund meadow]

800 proposals thats insane

[rich hull]

Not really (honestly speaking from experience XD)

[rich hull]

That's like crazyyy

[rotund meadow]

45 minutes

[gleaming whale]

Even if there are 100 mentors it's still harder for each mentor to look into 8 proposals. Remember they are doing this for free

[rotund meadow]

for free what do you mean for free?

[gleaming whale]

Mentors are not getting paid by anyone to do this

They are just doing this for the sake of contributing to opensource

[rotund meadow]

Still its valuable work that is done there. Just like a job

just like you would hire a junior

[static finch]

that's crazy tho they should get paid ngl

[gleaming whale]

open source is driven by passion, lot of contributors don't get any form of monetary benefits

[rotund meadow]

Highly disagree. Most of Linux Kernel devs are paid

[gleaming whale]

No, open source is not only highly established orgs like linux. Lot of small and umbrella orgs are ran by non paid contributors

[jovial remnant]

anyone applying to lfx?

lfx mentorship program

[rotund meadow]

I dont think its beneficial to act like you owe them something cause they dont get paid. Most of open source is behind companies that all get paid

[jovial remnant]

will be helpful if u could guide me

[gleaming whale]

Defeats the whole purpose of opensource

[jovial remnant]

is it same as gsoc?

[unkempt zenith]

honestly it's kinda disheartening when there's like 0 communication from organizations

spend a month+ working your ass off just to get no revert

[rotund meadow]

They reviewed your PRs?

[unkempt zenith]

we had test tasks that had to be submitted through a Google form

only revert I got was when I had mailed asking for confirmation and it was a very generic "if you got a confirmation mail it was recieved"

[rotund meadow]

No responses for everyone else as well?

[unkempt zenith]

as far as I know for my org it's the same fate for everyone

an individual claimed that they saw the json thing but nothing other than that

our submission date and last updated dates are the same unlike a bunch of other people from different orgs

[barren ibex]

How's it been chat

[unkempt zenith]

so if the theory that if it was updated then your proposal was ranked stands true then we are f ed

[unkempt zenith]

traumatic.

[wheat finch]

30 minutes more...... left

[barren ibex]

Whats up with all this theory

Last updated is same... but program array is filled in response json...

[unkempt zenith]

idk man reddit stuff I read 😂😂

[barren ibex]

Interesting

[barren ibex]

Yea that place is... kinda... tensed rn

[unkempt zenith]

reddit has been wild today

[barren ibex]

But im not getting gsoc in my feed that much

[barren ibex]

Way too much

[unkempt zenith]

i don't use reddit that often

but anxiety got the better of me today

[barren ibex]

Ive to manually search gsoc to get updates ngl

[barren ibex]

Same... got on there for project ideas

Ngl reddit got lot of geniuses

[unkempt zenith]

amen

[rotund meadow]

22 minutes

Finally the time is in reach

[midnight axle]

anybody have the link where they'll be released?

[unkempt zenith]

im assuming you just see it in the projects tab of your profile or something

[rotund meadow]

You will get an email

[unkempt zenith]

you also get a mail like 10-20 mins after the said time regardless of if u get accepted or not

yes that

[rotund meadow]

We are getting close

15 minutes

These years I like when time does not pass fast. However this time around I really want it to pass faster

[unkempt zenith]

so true

[rotund meadow]

10 minutes

[wheat finch]

9

[unkempt zenith]

8

[winged shell]

7

[rotund meadow]

6

[hallow locust]

5

[glacial vessel]

But the website will not open

Because of too much traffic

[rotund meadow]

Never seen that for google?

[glacial vessel]

I tried it last year

Had to wait for mail instead

[mossy nest]

4

[glacial vessel]

Cool

[tawny imp]

you'll get a mail

[leaden owl]

I guess google can handle few thousand requests

[tawny imp]

it might take 10-15 mins, you'll get a rejection or accepance mail

[glacial vessel]

But idt there are only few thousand contributors

[unkempt zenith]

4

[glacial vessel]

3

[mossy nest]

I'm more interested to see who got in if not me

[snow scroll]

+1

[glacial vessel]

2

[rotund meadow]

Sameeeee

50 seconds

40 seconds

[unkempt zenith]

😭

[rotund meadow]

30 seconds

20 seconds

10 seconds

[wheat finch]

5

[long crystal]

🎊

[rotund meadow]

LETS GOOOOOO

come one

Where is da email lmao

[jovial remnant]

lets see if the website is working

[unkempt zenith]

email takes time

website is loading

[hallow locust]

Results are late

[unkempt zenith]

how will i know on the website if i got it or not?
lol

[rotund meadow]

Nothing on website, email is first

[long crystal]

where on the website can we check for results?

[long crystal]

i see

[vestal pebble]

did anyone got mail then?

[jovial remnant]

lets wait for email

[jovial remnant]

not immediately i guess

[hallow locust]

Not me

[rotund meadow]

Now wait another 20 minutes for email lol

[elder musk]

no mail yet

[hallow locust]

What.. another 20minutes🤧🤧

[rotund meadow]

Got a non related email just now

[mortal mural]

do the acceptance emails come out before rejection email

[rotund meadow]

Another non related email lmao

[glacial vessel]

I AM SELECTED

[mortal mural]

wow i got rejected

💔

[rotund meadow]

What so fast??????

[static finch]

rejected

[cunning ice]

this is true. 1 org did have over 800 proposals. that is why many of these orgs have been so busy reviewing proposals this past month - many had over 100 proposals submitted

[unkempt zenith]

where do i check if i got accepted or rejected?

[mortal mural]

mail

[unkempt zenith]

no mail yet

[static finch]

you can check on the site

[rotund meadow]

REJECTED

[glacial vessel]

I can see my project in project section

does it mean

[rotund meadow]

REJECTED BIG TIME

[leaden owl]

how you got this?

[unkempt zenith]

nvm rejected it is welp ggs

[glacial vessel]

100% selected?

[mortal mural]

so the conspiracies were right about hte json thing

[rotund meadow]

IN MY FACE

[gleaming whale]

i got in the dashboard projects

i got inn

[rotund meadow]

REJECTED TWO YEARS STRAIGHT

[unkempt zenith]

anyone got accepted for ml4sci?

[brazen crag]

I got selected guys. Joplin

[elder musk]

u guys got the mail or ?

[jovial remnant]

NRNB anyone?

[rotund meadow]

Wow guys rejected again

[unkempt zenith]

goto proposals

its says accepted or rejected

[rotund meadow]

Lets see who from my org got accepted

[jovial remnant]

what was that?

[mossy nest]

rejected

[rotund meadow]

The project I applied for was not accepted at all

[vestal pebble]

rejected,
anyone selected for gemini-cli..?

[unkempt zenith]

how can u tell?

[elder musk]

website not loading 🥲

[mortal mural]

how do you check if the project is funded or not?

[rotund meadow]

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/organizations

[unkempt zenith]

oh

[rotund meadow]

Its just a matter of priorization I guess

[elder musk]

rejected the project itself was rejected
Congratulations to the people that got selected 🥂

[rotund meadow]

They priotized some docc features over me lmao

[tulip scroll]

lol, got rejected after 4 p1 merges, its so ironic, the second i got rejected, is the second my 5th pr just got merged lmfaooo

congrats to everyone, and esp who got selected, we go again next year

[unkempt zenith]

time to prioritize summer break for some of us

.-.

[rotund meadow]

Right, gonna take 3 weeks straight off

[mossy nest]

I'm gonna start my own org now

[unkempt zenith]

time to go see what reddit has been upto xD

[rotund meadow]

I waited very long for email last year

This year it was so fast

Last year was packed with people and active chat

This years its just meh

[unkempt zenith]

everybody was too anxious to say anything lol

most people scrolled reddit and lost hope

a lot of people came here to cope

simple as that

[rotund meadow]

Only 3 slots, last year had more slots

[unkempt zenith]

33 for mine

[dense ridge]

Yeah no one was selected for two out of four of the projects

[unkempt zenith]

regardless 800 proposals is crazy

congrats to everyone who got accepted

[dense ridge]

Congrats to everyone who did get selected 🥳

[lone mica]

Sorry to hear man, this is annoying

[tulip scroll]

i personally think, they were pretty disorganized as an organization, tho i understand theyre new

[vestal pebble]

i. see

[barren ibex]

Damn

How do I know of the org even saw my proposal

[unkempt zenith]

idk people said the last updated thing

[barren ibex]

Damn

[brazen crag]

It was a big name, you should have gone for lesser spammed orgs

[unkempt zenith]

for me last updated and upload date was the same

lol

[barren ibex]

They never saw mine ☠️ ig then

[barren ibex]

Same

[unkempt zenith]

does that mean my org never saw the proposal i put blood sweat and tears into?

lol.

contemplating just mailing and aasking for feedback idk

[errant lynx]

Guys did anyone project got announced?

[unkempt zenith]

you can check the page for the org that u applied to

you can see all the accepted projects there

[tulip scroll]

on their respective websites, they have their contributors announced

[barren ibex]

How did people see the program [] thingy

[unkempt zenith]

network tab look for user-profile/?format=json

[barren ibex]

Dms?

[somber basalt]

The Journey has begun: Meet the 1142 Contributors for GSoC 2026, stats and what's next in the program 🚀

👉 See the 2026 projects
➡️ Read the full blog here: https://goo.gle/gsoc-2026-contributors

We understand that GSoC can be highly competitive. If you weren't selected this year, please don't let this discourage you from becoming an open source contributor. There are countles valuable ways to join OSS communities and stay involved outside of GSoC. Continuing to lear more about open source by actively contributing will improve your skills and bring you into a community of enthusiastic developers. 🙌 🚀

[unkempt zenith]

ye sure

[cunning ice]

you are all making some incorrect assumptions about what the dates mean on your proposals. There often isn't activity after March 31 because the orgs did an export of your proposal and reviewed them offline - they weren't coming back to your proposal on the site to review it there. Then they did their discussions on their own spreadsheets and tools about which were their top choices across the dozens and in many cases hundreds of proposals they received.

[jagged robin]

what does it mean if last updated is 29 april? but not selected?

[rotund meadow]

I would have loved to bond with my two mentors!

[cunning ice]

None of the dates matter. All kinds of things go on in the background for the month mentors are selecting their contributors.

Most orgs did not receive the number of contributor projects they wanted. So just because you didn't receive an acceptance email doesn't mean the org didn't really want to select your project

[rotund meadow]

Could you please fix the website in a way that nothing is „leaked“. Not talking about the „Updated“, but about the programs[]

[jagged robin]

my project didnt even get slot as nobody got selected for that project.

[rotund meadow]

They prioritized others then

[barren ibex]

hey hazard

chin up... u know u did well... thats all that matters

In my org I expected me or someone else to get selected... a complete diff dude got selected lmao

[plucky ice]

Congrats to everyone who got selected, unfortunately, the project I applied wasn't picked up by Google, it happens, but I should have been vigilant and picked up early cues from mentors.

P.S. I am a bit confused about how I should be moving forward, because I will be graduating this summers, and I don't have any plans for Masters etc meaning I won't be considered as a student for GSoC'27, but they now also allow "beginner Contributors" (someone <10 PR according to Google GSoC eligibility criteria), I am around 9 PRs and 1 Issue, so should I stop doing contributions for a while until GSoC'27 opens so that I can still be eligible as a "beginner contributor" - would love to know about it so I can even share it with others as well.

@cunning ice

[rotund meadow]

Sad

[rotund meadow]

Where do the <10 PR according to Google come from?

And how are those counted? What if I have my own public hello world repo and merge 10 PRs in it?

[plucky ice]

@somber basalt, can you please clarify this, thanks.

[rotund meadow]

Is it possible that I am rejected because I opened too many issues and PRs?

https://github.com/xavgru12?tab=overview&from=2024-10-01&to=2024-10-31

[somber basalt]

Please do not tag admins to review personal inquiries
The eligibility requirements for GSoC states that beginners in open source should have less than ~2years of experience also, applicants no longer need to be students. Please review Program rules for more information.
We strongly suggested to do contributions so the orgs can see your habilities, however you need to review their Contributor Guide (posted in their Org profile in the webapp) so you can review their application process, every org requires different things in order to participate.

[barren ibex]

yep...unexpected turn of events

but its all good tho

[barren ibex]

ur account is solid

golly

bro knows everything

[plucky ice]

Thank you for your response, I have read the rules before I reached out here, because out of all the criteria, the having <10 PRs or Issues is the most confusing one because a lot of applicants who applied this year had over 10+ PRs or Issues and have been rejected, so are those applicants (non-student) eligible for GSoC'27, this would help us as we want to abide by the rules strictly.

[rotund meadow]

Thanks😎

[rotund meadow]

I have the same questions

[plucky ice]

Yeah, because a lot of contributors were having this discussion and spreading inconsistent information, hence I wanted to confirm from Admins themselves.

[oak wing]

I dont think it has to be <10 there are plenty of people with more than 20 PRs who got selected

[plucky ice]

Prior to starting GSoC'26?

[oak wing]

Yes there are people who have been contributing for almost a year and also people who participated in last year's gsoc 2025

[plucky ice]

Like in my case, I applied for PostgreSQL, had 9 PRs and 1 issue raised, so a total of 10 activities (now am I considered beginner still?)

[plucky ice]

But were they student or not, that is also an important factor.

and the next question, to increase my own understanding of the orgs I want to apply for GSoC'27 (as non student) - Should I start contributing early from now, though by the actual time of GSoC'27 registration, I would have several PRs and Issues, and by that time, I wouldn't particularly be labelled as "Beginner Contributor"

[rotund meadow]

So if you are still a student, you can have 1000 merged PRs and still be eligible for GSoC?

[plucky ice]

That's why I am here brother, to get some good advice from admins so I can plan accordingly.

[rotund meadow]

Let the admins read and answer now.

[plucky ice]

Yeah, hopefully by my morning I get some good information from them, gtg.

[cunning ice]

as stated in the FAQ: you'd still be a beginner if your experience only includes: personal or class projects; open source projects only used at an institution (like a club website or research published as OSS as your university); opening a small number of PRs (less than 10) against open source packages; continued involvement in an open source project you joined as part of GSoC

that last bit is the important one for all of your questions abobe- if it's PRs and issues you did as part of applying for GSoC then you are still a beginner

v

[rotund meadow]

I opened more than 10 issues in open source projects:(

[plucky ice]

Are you a student still? and were those Issues for GSoC or something else?

[rotund meadow]

Im student and those are several different open source projects

[plucky ice]

Amazing, and one last thing and I am sorry for taking your time, since GSoC'27 is quite far from now, do you suggest me or anyone in my position should starting doing PRs/OSS Contributions from now for Orgs I want to apply for when the time comes for registration etc? Does that still count as "beginner" or will I be not eligible then?

I am not tryna do it for the sake of staying a beginner, its more so that I have a lot of free time and I can actually learn about the codebase much better if I start working from now and might start bonding with their maintainers/mentors from now.

[cunning ice]

that would be prep for GSoC so it would still be beginner status

[hallow locust]

Thanks for such question❤️

[plucky ice]

Thank you, time to start from now 😤

[inner socket]

Hi if I did not get selected in gsoc because of less slots and got selected as intern by my org would I count as a beginner for gsoc 27

[cunning ice]

no

but if you are still a student in 2027 you'd be eligible

[inner socket]

Thank you for the information

[wispy lily]

Hello everyone
Congrats who got into GSoC
It would be awesome if you all could add your proposal to the repo here: https://github.com/satwiksps/GSoC_archive_2026
It will help out future students who want to see what a good application looks like. It's just a quick fork and PR, and it really helps out the community.

[cunning ice]

remember this is not a Google Summer of Code repo, this is not required in any way.

[weak totem]

@adminteam mild issue

I am having trouble setting my display name to my real time, now that my project has been accepted. Is the display name a unique ID of sorts?

I am not able to set it to my real name so it would kinda affect SEO in the future 😭

[ornate goblet]

Hello everyone

[proud tundra]

hey everyone!
i got selected for gsoc this year and i read in the mail that i was supposed to add the #gsoc-alumni channel to my default view but somehow i am unable to find it can someone help me?

[cunning ice]

this is not a support channel. - please contact [e-mail] with questions realted to your personal situation

[proud tundra]

okay thanks

[sharp ruin]

Hello everyone, my name is Vishwa and I'll be contributing to OpenVINO this summer

[grave ember]

ded my luck was not good

[subtle vine]

Congratulations to all of you, no matter if you were accepted or not 🎉

You have already made a great move towards getting involved in the open-source community, and that is a great achievement in itself. Being rejected is not a failure; it is just another step in your path. Many individuals are often rejected one, two, or multiple times until they get accepted, which is very common.

Just keep moving forward

[heavy dock]

Rejected, now been selected 🫶

[mellow plover]

Congratulations 👏 🥳, I will try again next year

[austere chasm]

Hello folks,

I am Abhay, undergrad from India, currently into ML Research and occasionally debugging my existential life decisions.

I will be working as a GSoC'26 contributor with the OpenVINO | Intel team on Anomalib Project excited to build, break, and hopefully improve synthetic anomaly detection systems along the way....

If it involves models, experiments, or random late-night ideas, I am probably up to discuss it. Looking forward to collaborating with you all! You can connect me on LinkedIn or DM me on Discord as per your preference.

LinkedIn username: abhay-kumar-das

[floral fog]

Hello everyone

its good to be here

[barren ibex]

Getting rejected with no feedback sucks

Well peeps who got rejected... hey atleast we tried

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-lebron-james-airball-nice-try-gif-15738068015440279717

[rotund meadow]

I at least got feedback

This was my last try for gsoc as next year I will not be a student anymore

I do have more than 10 issues on open source projects, so I am not eligible

[lone mica]

I'm sure that you can still do it if you are not a student

because I'm not at the moment, I'm working full time but I do intend to go back into education

the issues thing is an issue

[rotund meadow]

I see an issue, I create that issue on github😂

I created like 5 issues just for open claw as it simply did not run without me doing extra work/workarounds

[lone mica]

You can still always try next yea, and if you really want to contribute to open source you will find a way. GSoC isn't the only one out there

[rotund meadow]

I will not try next year as it is clear Google will reject me due to their restrictions

I am already contributing to open source, as you can see with the issues created. I also have done quite some PRs on open source

[lone mica]

I guess that is a sign that you need to move onto something else then. I appreciate that you are doing so much open source contributions and you clearly know what you are doing. I've really only been coding for less than a year and I guess that shows (maybe not a good thing ahha) but there are far more opportunites out there other than GSoC. Ones that would probably accept you in a heartbeat. What are the plans for you from here on in?

[rotund meadow]

My plan is to start taking my game seriously which already has daily players. I will start investing a lot of time in it and try to continuously earn more money with it. Other than that I will keep contributing to open source.

[lone mica]

you are making a game?

[rotund meadow]

Sure

[lone mica]

fair play bro

[grave ember]

working professional can too go for gsoc, but tbh imo its not worth it by then

[nimble valve]

got accepted for Open Healthcare Network (there was only 1 project and around 7k+ contributors on the slack channel.... i still cant believe that i have got selected)

to the contributors who didnt get in, please dont be disappointed, keep contributing in your organization and just focus on having fun

good luck to everyone:)

[rotund meadow]

Wow!

[proper pelican]

bros a legend

[elder musk]

I was really excited to work but the project itself got rejected 🤧

[rotund meadow]

Same

[elder musk]

it is what it is 🙂

[cosmic wind]

kde

[rotund meadow]

Awesome!

[sacred cobalt]

just curious , which campus of FAST are you from?

[gaunt garnet]

congrats to everyone that got selected !

for those of us who didn't get selected, is there a way to get feedback ?

[sacred cobalt]

1. if your proposal was rejected and you don't see the project awarded to someone else on the summer of code organization page :
   then it might not be a YOU problem because every organization gets limited slots , often less than the number of projects listed , organizations often weigh the benefits and tradeoffs of each project. It could be that the project you applied for was risky in the sense that it could not be completed in the timeframe of GSoC or perhaps org admins prioritized another project over your project to often maximize most benefit to the community.
2. if your proposal was rejected and you see the project awarded to someone else on the summer of code organization page :
   its possible someone with more experience or more related work with the project was choosen over you , in that case you can explore the field more and contribute more to related OSS projects and then apply again next year and get selected. Your hardwork this year won't be wasted if you keep putting in the effort. Furthermore you can respectfully contact the mentors for feedback if they are willing to do so.

Best of luck for next year 😄

[quick spoke]

Hi

I got in git gsoc!

[coarse yew]

congrats!

[junior peak]

congrats

[rotund meadow]

Wow! Git is a great project!

[eager wigeon]

Hi everyone! I'm Ananya. I'm so excited to introduce myself and share that I've officially been selected for GSoC 2026!

I've shared a bit more about my journey here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ananyagdg_if-someone-had-told-me-in-my-first-year-of-ugcPost-7455679613143506944-cobR

I am looking forward to learning and connecting with all of you!

[cursive depot]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supriyo-chowdhury-963a01263_gsoc2026-googlesummerofcode-opensource-ugcPost-7455720894632673280-jPb9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAEDBNBsBZsPvqqT7a0bbf8_jTa0cg_XGgKI

[quick spoke]

yeah, very excited about it

im setting things up already

like a blog

[rotund meadow]

May git live forever!

[gentle plume]

@uncut breach @terse mountain this is a scam

[uncut breach]

Thanks!

[mental cypress]

how some of you guys getting certificates from Gsoc like this, I haven't received any

[silver monolith]

It's the offer letter, you will find it on the GSoC website! It's in your profile, scroll down to the bottom!

[terse cove]

Oh no, I submitted a wrong username in GSoC Alumni registration form, and when I tried to contact the owner of the form, the website wrote "unable to send email"

[crimson cove]

hi mann how hard is it

[mental cypress]

Thanks found it

[crimson cove]

any fellow GSoC'ers wants to connect?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justin-timothy-w-b6b28817b_gsoc26-googlesummerofcode-opensource-share-7456252440687026176-Xyok?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACqTzIMBIrkEsfXXerooZUU018PIrTAj5uA

[barren quartz]

Hii everyone, quick question about how the selection process works! I notice there were 5 project ideas on my org's idea list, but on the official GSoC dashboard, I only see my project listed under the org. Does this mean the org was only allocated one slot by Google this year or is it more likely they just didn't find the right matches for the other 4 projects? Just curious about how the background process works!

[crimson cove]

I think that the org was only allocated one slot by Google!

Normally the bigger the org, more slots will be allocated for the projcets

Which is why a veteran organization like git or rocket.chat has many more slots & proposals accepted

[barren quartz]

Ah that makes sense! Feel super lucky to have grabbed the slot lol

[crimson cove]

yuppp congratss man

[quick spoke]

can’t say it was easy I had to work but i believe is achievable by anyone who efforts enough

[crimson cove]

hmmm

[quick spoke]

imma write how was it more than a brief phrase, im setting up the blog I can send here the link once it’s deployed

[crimson cove]

amazing!

btw wanna connect on linkediN?

[quick spoke]

maybe later, I have to set things up on linkIN as well

[crimson cove]

suree

[quick spoke]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pablosabaterjimenez_gsoc-opensource-git-share-7456343420937154560-VG9v

done

I've also made a blog where I'll post my work and proccess

https://pablosabater.dev/

my github and my proposal are at the blog as well

[gentle plume]

nice blog, I want to set up a personal webpage where I can maintain a blog myself

[quick spoke]

I used Hugo

you can write on md and is basically all done so you can focus on writing

it's open source as well
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo

you can host it on github pages

my gsoc mentor recommended it and for what I can say it's al I need

[rotund meadow]

Great choice, hugo indeed is great!

[winged shell]

If everyone agrees, we can create a WhatsApp group and compile all the open-source programs together. Please pin this message if you agree, and I will make the group.

[fluid roost]

what about interpreted programs kek

[heavy lake]

this server serves that purpose, doesn't it?

[rotund meadow]

Bad joke lol

[quick spoke]

I believe that a channel will be made with the alumni by the end of may

so...

[rotund meadow]

With all gsoc accepted people around the world?

[heavy lake]

I think with those who filled that google form

[rotund meadow]

Which google form

[quick spoke]

the link should be in your email

the one about important information below the instructions

[heavy lake]

there was one
check your email for the latest mails from gsoc(i got it yesterday only)

[primal jungle]

i feel kind of strange, now that I've got in

[heavy lake]

not gonna lie, but the real dopamine hits only during the journey😂 . After achieving a particular goal, it just feels normal. No big thing.

just the thought of achieving the particular goal makes us feel that way

i've noticed it too

[rotund meadow]

I celebrate every success

[cosmic wind]

yes

for 2026

[gentle plume]

I've heard of Hugo before, it looks amazing. Right now I have something in progress using Jekyll

I'm looking to connect with other GSoC contributors working with VideoLAN, if this is, send me a friend request!

[cunning ice]

please don't share your personal details on this server.

[quick spoke]

once you deploy it ping me

[gentle plume]

yes sir 🫡

[terse cove]

Has anyone been added to the Alumni channel yet? I realized I mistook my nickname for my username when filling out the form. Will this be an issue?

[quick spoke]

it says by the end of may

there's a support email

[cunning ice]

We will add people to the alumni channel May 15. Please read the emails we send as they contain important information and deadlines.

[slate reef]

Hey, will the Welcome 2026 Contributor talks be recorded and shared afterwards?
One of the sessions is quite late in my timezone, so I wanted to check. Thanks!

[quick spoke]

that’s why there are two talks

it’s the same talk

so u can go to one at least

[lone mica]

Is the discord only for this year or is it for all accepted contributors?

[slate reef]

Will it be recorded if I miss the one in my time zone?

[quick spoke]

I don’t know sorry

[quick spoke]

there will be more prob

says past

[subtle vine]

The alumni channel is special for the accepted contributers but this channel all public to everyone

[lone mica]

Swt thanks everyone

[crimson cove]

yeah I felt this too

[cunning ice]

No we don't record the talks. We will take notes from the questions asked and share it with everyone the net week (along with the slides)

[autumn wyvern]

Hi, I am beginer to open source.... and want to participate in GSOC 2026...could anyone give me some advice , on how to approach/ learn if i want to contribute to OS...

[indigo wyvern]

Hi there. Anybody having troubles adding the 2 Welcome 2026 Contributor events to the google calendar??? For either of them, if I click on the Add to Calendar link in the email, the calendar opens up, but no event is added and I actually get this error (the text roughly means "Can't find the requested event").

[quick spoke]

you gotta have been selected already for gsoc 2026

but you can try for 2027

what I would do is look at this year organizations and see what you need to do

you can start open source whenever you want, no need to do it for getting in gsoc only

[autumn wyvern]

Ohh okyyy...

[lusty forum]

Yes I have been also facing the same issue

[somber lion]

Hi guys,
In the GSoC Alumni Discord registration form do we have to fill our per-server user name or main profile user name?
Could anyone please answer

[craggy pelican]

discord username

[craggy pelican]

for eg: hellbringerx11

[somber lion]

Thank you for clarifying!

[hollow kestrel]

Hiii

[sharp ruin]

hlo there

[cunning ice]

Congrats on being accepted into GSOC 2026. Please don't post blogs or links to LinkedIn, etc on this server, thanks.

[royal hornet]

Oh ok, thanks you. Sorry

[cunning ice]

it's ok : )

[ancient mirage]

Hi everyone,
My name is Dheeraj, I am from India and I got selected in GSoC 2026.

[frozen beacon]

The meeting is on may 7 7:30AM IST right?

[rotund meadow]

Sad Im not part of it 🙁

[silent basalt]

Hi good day

[harsh zenith]

Heyyy!

[mental cypress]

yes

[frozen beacon]

Alright thanks

[indigo wyvern]

I've opened a ticket about this, but actually got no answer

[gaunt garnet]

Thank you for the comprehensive reply. Oh well off we go to apply next year ! Good luck to everyone who's also doing that .

And for the rest that got accepted, I'm sure you'll crush it

[pine totem]

Hello everyone! I'm hoping to get some suggestions from you all. I'm really passionate about exploring new tech and am eager to start contributing to open source. Currently, I'm learning Rust because I have a personal goal to build a database engine. I am also planning ahead for GSoC 2027. Do you think this is a good path to get there, or would you recommend adjusting my focus? Any guidance would be hugely appreciated!

[cloud ether]

Hey, has anyone received the invitation to the gsoc alumni channel yet?

[somber basalt]

Hi!
As we previously mentioned, the Discord form to be part of the Alumni channel must be filled out by May 15th end of the day and we will grant your access by the end of the month 🤓 🙌

[cloud ether]

Okay🫡

[sullen swallow]

opensox.ai already does that iirc

[indigo wyvern]

Any luck???

[winged shell]

Where is the discord form link

[rotund meadow]

kindly give a gsoc spot to me and I will make sure everyone finds it😆

[lean turtle]

Guys I had a doubt ,
Is there something like confirmation thing after u get selected mail?

[crimson cove]

Check in the site

On project

[lone mica]

what is the regulation on collaborating with others for your gsoc project? Is this totally up to the discretion of the mentor or does all the work of the contributor have to be done by person who has been allocated the project? Another member of my org has reached out to me to help out with the project (I would rather do it with my mentor anyway) but I was wondering for future reference what the guidelines are for another person (even GSoC member) to collaborate on a project? Thanks

[cunning ice]

the GSoC contributor must do all of the work themselves. GSoC is not a team project

[hollow kestrel]

Hello

[lone mica]

yea I was under that impression, guess someone was just being eager enough to ask. Thanks for the help

[languid basin]

@untold mulchHi, just a friendly reminder to keep your messages relevant and avoid spam or random links to linkedin. We’ve removed the recent messages that didn’t comply. Thanks for helping keep the chat pleasant for everyone.

[somber lion]

Hi guys,
this timing is confusing me a bit
Does this mean the session is going to start in about 10 minutes?

[cunning ice]

May 7th 2 UTC - you'll need to convert UTC to your local time zone. We also stated the PDT (California time - as people would think oh it's Thursday and not realize it's Wed pm for those in the PDT time zone)

[somber lion]

Yep got it!
Thank you for clarifying ma'am!

[untold mulch]

Hello, facing this bug, when trying to add the meeting event to calendar...

[sharp ruin]

Even im facing the same issue

[indigo wyvern]

@untold mulch and @sharp ruin , I've been saying it for ages, but no actual help was provided.

I ended up manually adding the meetings to my calendar and slapping the url of the meeting in there.

[untold mulch]

i just gave the data to gemini and told it to add it 😉

[lone mica]

I'm getting the exact same thing too

[indigo wyvern]

Since that's an AI, make sure it's truly added the meeting to your calendar at the right time.

[untold mulch]

yeah it does work well
gemini is integrated in the Google workspace

[nimble valve]

https://samiullahjaved.com/blog/how-to-get-into-gsoc

wrote this one sharing what i did and would recommed doing

[quick spoke]

Imma read it

[nimble valve]

do share your thoughts

[quick spoke]

seems fine, just some things like using "I" instead of "i" and so when you ask "how do i get into gsoc?", what you are really asking is "how do i be among that top 4%?" here it's 4% if you do the math with the sent proposals but with the actual candidates its closer to ~7.
After the percent, you jump to OHNF which is your gsoc organization, but it feels strange bcs you talk about how to get to gsoc generally but jumps to you case abruptly.
now that you have a rough idea of what we are talking about, let me tell you, what i think, got me accepted into gsoc: to many commas

2. i did my own research: read old threads, went through docs, read code and only then
3. i asked the right questions (that weren't asked before.)

feels like they are only one perhaps they are?

very personal and that's fine

keep it up

[heavy lake]

overall a good read
But I don't really buy that "top 4%" thing. Getting selected in GSoC doesn't automatically make you the best. And moreover, it is about "collaboration", not "competition". That's the whole point of the open source community. Every single person who contributes to an open source project is a "contributor". The maintainers help new-comers and mould them into fine engineers and in turn, the new-comers continue contributing which is beneficial for both the project and the developer.
Well, just my 2 pointer.🙂
Also, the blue-ish effect at the beginning of the blog is too painful. If possible, remove that.
And, have a great season contributing and learning😄

[quick spoke]

hmmmm, I didn't noticed that much the blue bloom but new that you say it

Id say to maybe having the font bolder?

[heavy lake]

well, it does affect the reading experience. Just having a simple white background looks good.

and btw, my username was in grey until recently that represents gsoc, right? Why did it change to brown?🤔 and do you know what does brown signify?

[quick spoke]

I think that's just a rank for the number of msgs

[heavy lake]

ohk

[rough harbor]

Hey!
Any 2nd time GSOC contributors from India,could you please DM me,I have some questions regarding taxes on stipend

[heavy lake]

there will be an alumni discord server created by the end of this month. You can ask your questions there

[nimble valve]

i prefer only writing in lowercase or else i start overthinking and make every thing capital case

[sullen swallow]

acceptance rate is wrong imo

15,245 applicants
and
1,141 contributors were selected
so comes to around 7% ish

[sullen swallow]

same

[nimble valve]

hey i dont understand the 7%... i divided the accepted proposal with total proposals.... are you only considering one proposal per person and subtracting the rest?

[quick spoke]

you have to divide the single contributor by accepted

[sullen swallow]

one person can submit multiple proposals but you can only be accepted for one proposal

[quick spoke]

a single person can send 2 proposals

^

[sullen swallow]

so its better to compare # of people who submitted a proposal and the # of proposals accepted

[nimble valve]

right, yeah i think its misleading

where did you get the 15k number?

[quick spoke]

it’s still very special tho

[quick spoke]

it’s on the gsoc landing page

[sullen swallow]

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2026/04/the-journey-begins-meet-the-2026-gsoc-contributors.html

15,245 applicants from 131 countries submitting a total of 23,371 proposals

[nimble valve]

how could i miss that....

🤦🏻

[sullen swallow]

also saw your linkedin
you're still in high school crazyy

orz

[nimble valve]

yeah i kinda over hyped, was prolly too excited writing it, which ended up portraying it as a competition rather than a collaboration.

[nimble valve]

heheh, i just got done with my exams in april

[nimble valve]

the blueish theme is the overall theme of the website. you can also enable light mode. although ill consider your feedback

[sullen swallow]

atb hope you make it to mit or some top school

[lone mica]

you're on your way to great things Sami

[nimble valve]

thank you so much guys

ill amend the blog

luv you all

[somber lion]

Welcome 2026 Contributors session #1 in about 20 minutes, right?🙂

[frozen beacon]

Yep

[somber lion]

Thank you for clarifying!😮‍💨

[heavy dock]

I missed the session, I'll attend next one.
BTW how was the session today , any key notes?

[knotty mesa]

Anyone know how should we connect to their respective mentor

[primal jungle]

A short DM or greeting works

then you can ask some questions about:- communication medium and period, expectations etc

Depending on your organization and your specific mentor, they might also agree to do meetings

[knotty mesa]

Thanks mate

[rotund meadow]

Amazing you got accepted to gsoc and havent directly talked to the mentor yet?

[slate mason]

Isn't it in the evening?

[somber lion]

Today it was in the morning 7:30 a.m. IST.
On 12th May it will be on 9:30 p.m. IST.

[mental cypress]

did you attended the meeting?

[rotund meadow]

I thought gsoc is about being connected with the community and build up a relationship with the mentor before applying. Turns out only the proposal counts as I see people accepted that never talked with a mentor

[frozen beacon]

Maybe they did, just not in a way that everyone should see it

[heavy lake]

at least, that's not the case with my org. You need to be engaging with the maintainers, discuss your project idea before you submit the proposal. Also, we have a criteria of having a pull request submitted to have your proposal seriously considered for review.

[rotund meadow]

pr submitted or merged?

[heavy lake]

it happens a bit differently in our project. We are assigned a task, we work on it under the guidance of the maintainers(you can expect gsoc level mentorship) and then after completing our task, we share the link to our branch with the maintainer for review and once he is ok with it, then only we open the pull request and he merges.

[rotund meadow]

Great so its merged

I like your org

[heavy lake]

sometimes it may require some more reviewers so not merged right away. But yes, that acts as a proof that we have talked to the mentainers, set up the development environment and understand the codebase

[lone mica]

Anyone in the meeting?

wait

[indigo wyvern]

Hi. Must the currency and the bank account connected to payoneer the one of the country I have registered to work in?

@lone mica , that was 12 hours ago.

[lone mica]

I'm pretty sure it was actually 2:00am

yep

I just realised

haha

yea I'll just wait for the next one then haha

[wheat finch]

when meeting is start ?

[lone mica]

it was 12 hours ago, the email said 2:00 UTC and I thought it was 2pm instead of 2am

[slate mason]

But it was automatically added to the Google calendar for me 😭

[flat pendant]

Seriously heck
More than 30-40 people have joined the meeting around this time
And I was one of them
I thought it was 7:30pm ist 🥲🫠

[lone mica]

yea I fell for it too haha

[sharp ruin]

hello fellas

[lone mica]

hello my friend, are you an accepted contributor for GSoC?

[untold mulch]

isn't it "hours" format when no am/pm is explicity mentioned, that should have been common sense ngl

[soft rune]

hey fr

[nimble valve]

same ;-;

[nimble valve]

i realized that too late ;-;

[rough bough]

is anyone in the meeting

i joined at 7pm pst

but nobody is here

[slender ivy]

🤳

[reef flame]

Also here....

[slender ivy]

We figured out it was actually yesterday at 7 PM PST

we all read "thursday the 7th at 7 PM PST" without seeing the part about the 2:00 UTC time putting it on Wednesday in PST

also note - the "add to calendar" links in the email are broken

[reef flame]

Yup 🤦‍♂️ 😂 I think I actually will be able to make it to the Tuesday 5/12 one now, so for those that can make it, we'll catch you all at the next one!

[cunning ice]

the title of the email was GSoC Welcome Sessions Thursday, May 7 200 UTC and Tuesday, May 12 1600 UTC

[long mirage]

Hey can somebody guide me how to get into gsoc???

[atomic zephyr]

Please go through the pins in this channel

[knotty mesa]

From where mentor connect us gmail or somewhere else

[lone mica]

Depends on org, my org is doing everything through slack

[zenith cloak]

I missed this announcement so long ago now -is there any way for us to be added to the organization list? Or maybe hear about why we weren't added so we can have a better application next year?

[rotund meadow]

Mentors were already selected and announced, you are too late to the party

[crimson cove]

i think she represents an organization.......

[rotund meadow]

orgs were already selected and announced, you are too late to the party*

[floral fog]

hi

[sinful kernel]

hi, it's my first time participating as a student in Gsoc, i was not familar with the proposal thing. So technically my first try of 2 chances are gone or i still have 2 chances?

[tawny flame]

You can get selected for maximum 2 times

[rotund meadow]

You can get rejected unlimited times

[sinful kernel]

Ok so my first chance is wasted or still I have two chances?

[heavy lake]

if you're not selected this year, then you still have two more chances left

"chances" in this case corresponds to the number of times you can get selected

not the number of times you can apply

[sinful kernel]

ok thanks

[flat pendant]

Just to be sure the next welcome meet is scheduled at 9:30 ist on May 12th i.e. 12th 16:00utc

[heavy lake]

yes, 9:30 pm IST

[lilac isle]

May I know the agenda for this meet.

[cosmic wind]

yo

[zenith cloak]

Yes, I kinda figured we couldn't join late. It would still be nice to know how we can have a more competitive application next time on the organization side

[flat pendant]

Thanks broski

[heavy lake]

I am curious what your project is

[zenith cloak]

I run Openlane, which is an open-source compliance automation platform: https://github.com/theopenlane

[crimson cove]

nice project

[dawn grove]

see you guys in todays meeting

[knotty mesa]

Any suggestions or layout to make ppt for gsoc introduction

[heavy lake]

umm, which ppt?

[knotty mesa]

For presenting in the introduction meeting

[heavy lake]

are we allowed to do so?

is it really possible for so many people to introduce themselves in such a limited time period?(Not to mention the general info by the gsoc coordinators will be given in the same time)

[knotty mesa]

Not in today’s meeting for mentors meeting

[heavy lake]

ah, okay

well, with the intro meeting with my mentor, we just talked about general stuff regarding our project, open-source and how llm is driving software development

no ppt or anything like that

just verbal talk

[knotty mesa]

Ah okay, thanks for clarifying.

[dawn grove]

@cunning ice the chat is disactivated

xD

[tall ledge]

will there be a recording of the welcome session

[sullen swallow]

yeah its intentional

[tall ledge]

or if anyone could take & share notes of the session

[dawn grove]

they said you could type into it in the meeting, but ok!

It is still disabled though

[cunning ice]

type into the Q&A field in the bottom where the 9 dots are

[nimble valve]

yeah they will

[hushed patio]

Oh I made a mistake. I filled GSoC Alumni Discord registration form with a discord account whose email is not linked with GSoC so maybe it wont be verified. Trying to fill it again with my GSoC linked email gives me the "You've already responded" response.

[torn sable]

what is my discord mail is different from my gsoc mail?

[hushed patio]

The registered email id for discord is different to the registered gsoc one

[opaque arrow]

+1, but I don't think it should matter, since they're taking discord usernames anyways. Could some please shed some more light on how this works?

[vagrant ore]

https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/contact

[heavy dock]

When will we get the PPT from the previous sessions for reference?

[floral fog]

hi

i filled a form mentioning my discord username so that i will be given the gsoc specific role in this server, but i havent received any such role as of now so should i wait or fill the form again if its open.

[crimson cove]

can somebody tell me what is the difference if we chooes our country's currency or usd or eur?

on the payoneer page

when you say your country of residency

[lunar path]

Does anyone know what is the upcoming surprise they mentioned at the call?

[floral fog]

dont know, i missed both the calls due to ongoing exams where can i access the slides deck if you have any idea 😭

[woeful mortar]

Hey everyone,
Is there someone here who is a foreign student in USA and figured out how to get the CPT?

[knotty mesa]

Till now just introduction and basic idea

[somber lion]

@cunning ice ma'am can I give college ID card as proof of residency for GSoC stipend payment setup?

[cunning ice]

yes you can send that to outr gsoc support address.

[somber basalt]

As we previously mentioned, we'll be giving all the active contributors access by the end of the month, we are currently in the verification process for all the ppl that submitted the form.

[floral fog]

okay thanks for confirming

[hidden solstice]

Hello @somber basalt , what's the general time to wait for a reply for the gsoc support team?

[somber basalt]

It depends of the case, for normal inquiries around 2 business days but, if we are doing a verification or trying to figure out something from the webapp/Payoneer platform it will take longer.
We appreciate your patience, if we haven't given you a response please email us again.

[olive basin]

Advice for beginner

[gentle wing]

Please

[grim summit]

https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/student-advice

[grim summit]

please do some searching. there are many resources and advises

[heavy lake]

it's called a "surprise" for a reason😄 but we all can have our own guesses. As for a start, I think it might be something related to gemini(I genuinely hope that I am wrong though🥲)

[cosmic wind]

oh dang

let it be a surprise then

[cunning ice]

it's not something physical and not just for GSoC 2026 participants

[nimble valve]

has the gsoc group been created? (asking because i haven't been invited to it)

[subtle vine]

Alumni?

[terse cove]

i haven't been invited to alumni yet

[rough spade]

Hi everyone, I'm Usham Roy from India.
I'll be contributing to ns-3 this summer as part of GSoC 2026.

[nimble valve]

yes

[real parrot]

I got my gsoc acceptance today , can anyone guide me abt alumni server thing and get me up to date with wht has been discussed. thank you for your help

[subtle vine]

i think the alumni server is pending, but the deadline has ended (it was at 15 May if i remember correctly)

[heavy lake]

how come you got it so late?

[unreal shadow]

Well, I didn't apply for GSoC, probably next year, how can I prepare?

[subtle vine]

see the pinned messages

[real parrot]

There were some issues so I got the mail today

[heavy lake]

i see. Congratulations🥳

[real parrot]

Thanks

[subtle vine]

u should recieve mail with the content of the welcome seesion

[real parrot]

yea i just got the mail , have u been accepted too ?