# \[GSoC\] Applications **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [March 10, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-applications/239678 "2014-03-10T11:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-applications/239678/1 "2014-03-10T11:15:00Z")
In ~9 hrs, the student application for GSoC opens. So far, I have not seen a single draft of a proposal from potential applicants. This is not necessarily a big problem, since you can upload your proposal straight to Melange when the application process starts. However, I recommend you don’t, but rather put your proposal up on github, ask for feedback, and then post a link to Melange. This way, more people than the registered mentors can see and review your proposal, and give feedback. Your initial proposal on Melange will then be better. You can leave out personal information on publicly available proposals, of course – no negative points for doing that! Don’t worry about other students copying your ideas. We keep track of these things, and since you have it on github, your ideas are timestamped. If your great project plan appears somewhere else suddenly, we will notice. That said, you should look at other student’s applications for inspiration. Perhaps you feel that, holy guacamole, that guy’s proposal looks so much better than mine! Well, then get back to work on yours. There are examples of old proposals on our wiki pages, _which you should all read thoroughly anyway_. I admit this is a hard part of GSoC, but noone ever said that participating would be easy. Remember, you are trying to convince us to get a slot, and we are just volunteers! Writing a good proposal is a bit like writing a good email on the mailing list: You must make sure you’ve made it easy for the volunteer at the other end to answer. Final point: Personally, I will not vote to take on a student without an excellent proposal, I’ll rather give that slot to other organizations. So, please make an effort! M