• Who is involved in R-GSOC and how are we different from R-Core?
• How is the final decision made about what GSOC projects to fund?
• I was a GSOC student last year, can I be a student again this year?
• Does a student who has completed project tests need to submit an application to Google?
• What does status “Have/found/potential student” mean in the project ideas table?
• How do I sign up as a mentor?
• When reviewing student applications, what is the difference between private and public comments?
• What does the mentor “soft deadline” for project proposals mean?
• When will projects be evaluated/accepted/dropped?
• After a mentor has written a project idea, how much time should he/she expect to spend reviewing potential students?
• What is the amount of time that mentors are expected to invest on students during the 3 months of coding?
• How many students should a mentor expect to apply to each project idea?
• What skill levels can you expect from students?
• Can you decide to not run a project if you don’t find students with enough skills?
• Would it be beneficial for students to apply to more than one project?
• Is there a mentor-only forum that would be useful for me to join?
• Can there be more than one student per R package?