Hi Boost Community, As per Submission template <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/wiki/SoCSubmissionTemplate> a candidate is required to show competency in C++ and must be "genuinely" interested in the project and also in open-source community. Judging of competency is straight forward, but how can interest be judged? Considering myself as example who had just got in serious open source projects(Sophomore Undergraduate). My coding ablilities <https://github.com/madhur4127/Programming-Competency-Test> are not at expert level but I am improving and learning myself while my university teaches knapsack greedy and automaton. Doesn't this gives an idea of interest in open source of a candidate or am I being a sophomore is a disadvantage with respect to other post graduate candidates? I know boost requires serious level work and it has world's most craftiest libraries but does Boost prefer experienced candidates or take chances with candidates genuinely interested in development and are moderately skilled? As per the division rules "A student must be able to write in C++". Regards, Madhur gsoc18 aspirant [Boost.Intrusive] -- Sent from: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Boost-Dev-f2600599.html