Re: [Outreachy][RFC]: Final Applications expectations.

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 01:39:21PM +0000, Usman Akinyemi wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 1:13 PM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 12:54:18PM +0000, Usman Akinyemi wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 12:10 PM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:45:14AM +0000, Usman Akinyemi wrote:
> > > Hi Patrick, thanks for your reply. As you may know, Outreachy has a
> > > kind of form for submitting applications (they have some set of
> > > questions someone has to provide answers to)not like GSOC where the
> > > applicants do not fill any form for their proposal application. I am
> > > guessing someone should add something  like self-presentation in
> > > answer to one of the questions as there is not really any question
> > > asking about someone personally. I think what is near to it is about
> > > previous experience.
> >
> > I wasn't aware :) But agreed, previous experience sounds close enough to
> > me.
> >
> > > Also, anything about applying to two projects ?
> >
> > That is a good question. The only thing I could find on this was the
> > following statement:
> >
> >     > You are welcome to apply to Outreachy multiple times. However, you
> >     > can only be accepted as an Outreachy intern once.
> >
> > I'm not a 100% sure whether this means that you can apply to multiple
> > projects or whether it means that you can apply to Outreachy multiple
> > years until your proposal gets accepted.
> Applying to multiple projects is accepted by Outreachy I think, as
> someone can submit an application separately for each of the projects
> in a community. I am just curious if Git has anything regarding it.

Ah, our mails crossed. In any case, I don't think we have anything on
this in the Git project. But if you apply to multiple Git projects I'd
strongly recommend to state which of those projects you prefer to work
on so that we can make an informed decision here.

Patrick