criteria

This discussion is focused upon hints, tips, and suggestions for how to succeed in a SoC project.

First, some background statistics. The summer of code in 2008 had 23 projects that were accepted and 20 succeeded.

According to Alex, the most important factors for a SoC project are:

• proposal quality
• past student work (i.e. students with a track record are more likely to succeed, thus more likely to get accepted).
• the amount of interaction the student has in the community
• the reputation of the mentors