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Summer of Code Deadline Extended 6 Days
mithro writes "If you thought that you had missed out on applying to the Google Summer of Code, you've just gotten a reprieve. The deadline for student submissions has been extended from the original April 1 to Monday April 7, 2008. To quote Leslie Hawthorn: 'This year, we experimented with the Google Summer of Code program timeline, providing one week for students to discuss project ideas with their mentors and then a single week to submit applications. The good news is that we've heard that overall application quality is much higher this year and that students have really benefited from the opportunity to have extra time to discuss their ideas with their potential mentors. However, we've still heard feedback from the community that it would be useful to provide more time for students to submit their applications, so we've done just that.'"
This is indeed for real, it's been in discussion all weekend.
The original announcement was made on the Monday, March 31, 2008 at 2:04 PM, I posted this announcment to Slashdot at Wednesday April 02, @12:34PM (although in my timezone it was closer to 10:00am). Both are outside the fateful 1st of April. Yay to failing at reading dates.
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1) The extension was done on Monday, so it can't be april fools. Slashdot is just almost two days behind in reporting it...
2) The real reason the extension was done was because many organizations complained about the lower quality and less interest from students (info taken from the mentor mailinglist)
And about (2) I can just give this hint: If you're a student outside America, why would you work two months for just 4500 dollar? That is certainly not enough if you convert it to another currency. Getting a real job just pays better....