Re: [gci-discuss] Am I allowed to use a fake name to register?

Hello, You must register with your legal name. You can choose a different name for the display name (username) that the world will see (including your mentors). When you register you will see the field to complete your legal name first (first name and last name fields) and then the display name

Re: [gci-discuss] Claiming Tasks

Hello Hashan, Please send technical questions to the gci-supp...@google.com email so we can better help you. Best, Stephanie On Nov 29, 2016 7:47 AM, "Hashan Madhawa" wrote: > I have went to to parental consent dashboard.i have put the email ,chose > the file and then

[gci-discuss] Re: Withdraw

No you can not withdraw and reapply. If you want to withdraw then that means you are leaving the contest for this year. On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 11:59:58 AM UTC-7, Srijan Jha wrote: > > Can I withdraw from the contest and then again register with the same > email id -- You received

[gci-discuss] Announcing Google Code-in 2017!

Hello, We are pleased to announce Google Code-in 2017 , the 8th straight year of the program for pre-university students ages 13-17. The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on the contest site . Students -- The contest begins for you on

Re: [gci-discuss] Can I Register for this year's GCI?...

Hello, GCI is open to pre-university students. The Govt Polytechnic sounds like university program. You can only take part if you are 13-17 years old and in a pre-university program. On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Simply Shubh wrote: > Last year only I completed my

Re: [gci-discuss] i am 15 year student iam intrested in coding and participating

Google Code-in 2017 has not been announced yet. Please watch g.co/gci and the Google Open Source blog for announcements coming soon. You can read more about the program at g.co/gci. Best, Stephanie Stephanie Taylor Open Source Programs, Google

Re: [gci-discuss] Questions about the prizes

No, we will not tell anyone what the prizes will be if they are grand prize winners. It will be a surprise. On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Mohammad Sameer wrote: > Can you please tell me which prizes will I get during the trip to SF? > (last year, every grand prize winner

Re: [gci-discuss] For this year's GCI, how do tasks work?

Hello, Thanks a lot, that really helps! > > Is there are screenshot of the dashboard from prior years? > > Where do we access this dashboard? Is it through our Google Account or the > the GCI webpage? > You will see the dashboard on the GCI website once you register (students can start

Re: [gci-discuss] approval for parental contetent

When you register for your account you will see the parental consent form page come up. Then your parent can either complete the digital form or they can sign the physical form that you can re-upload to your dashboard. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university

Re: [gci-discuss] Re: How long for review of submission?

Mentors have 36 hours to reply. Most of the time reviews occur in less than 12 hours but sometimes it will be longer. Patience is a requirement for this contest. Remember, all of these mentors reviewing work and responding to questions are volunteers trying to help you. And yesterday was the

Re: [gci-discuss] Pls can someeone help me with this

You have to have your first task approved and the parental consent form approved before you can claim a second task. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, begins Tuesday, November 28th. Please visit the contest site at

Re: [gci-discuss] I am in Italy for exchange Can I join?

Hello, When I was checking rules I saw that Italy can't enter computation. I am an > turkish exchange (afs) student in Italy. I will turn back Turkey at July > 2018. Can I join Google Code-in? Unfortunately you will not be able to participate in the contest because you are in Italy when the

Re: [gci-discuss] parental consent form

*Once you complete your first task and your mentor has approved your work the task is closed and Google Program Administrators will review your Parental consent form, then you can claim your second task. Reviews from Google Program Administrators are done in under 24 hours (usually under 8 hours

Re: [gci-discuss] I already claimed a task and completed it today. Why can't I claim the other tasks today.

Once you complete your first task and your mentor has approved your work the task is closed and Google Program Administrators will review your Parental consent form, then you can claim your second task. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open

Re: [gci-discuss] Finalists

5 finalists from each organization (which means there will be 125 finalists total in the 2017 contest). - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, runs from November 28, 2017 - January 17, 2018. Please visit the contest site at

Re: [gci-discuss] Time to start working

You are welcome to start claiming tasks and working on them any time after you have submitted your parental consent form. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, runs from November 28, 2017 - January 17, 2018. Please visit the

Re: [gci-discuss] about eligibility

Hello, I am 17 years old and I am first year student in a ug course am i eligible > for code in > No, you must be in a pre-university program and 13-17 years old. You are already in university it sounds like so you are not eligible. Best, Stephanie -- You received this message because you are

Re: [gci-discuss] About organisation

You will need to decide what organization(s) look interesting to you. that will be the best organziation for you- the one you find doing the most interesting work based on your interests. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development,

Re: [gci-discuss] How can be a mentor!!

You need to be an active member of the community you wish to work with to be a mentor for Google Code-in. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, begins Tuesday, November 28th. Please visit the contest site at g.co/gci for more

Re: [gci-discuss] Regarding Gmail Account

Hello, Do we pre-university students need Gmail accounts of our own or can we > still participate in Google Code-In using our guardian's Gmail account? > You should discuss that with your legal guardian. Best, Stephanie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [gci-discuss] Finalists

There are 5 people named as Finalists, then 2 of those will be named Grand Prize Winner an 3 will remain as Finalists. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, runs from November 28, 2017 - January 17, 2018. Please visit the

Re: [gci-discuss] Task difficulty

No, that is not the case. Coding tasks aren't necessarily harder than some of the other tasks in the contest. Stephanie Taylor Open Source Programs, Google sttay...@google.com On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Grox Ni wrote: > As the name is "code-in", does

[gci-discuss] Re: I couldn't find the mentor part

Hello, I was looking the informations and I couldn't see a part about the > communication with mentors. > Could you help me about this problem? > When the contest begins on November 28th you can go to the homepage for each organization where they will list their preferred communication method

Re: [gci-discuss] What if the T-Shirt delivered to my address is wrongly sized?

No. You should pick the size you think will be correct. The week before the end of the contest we will send out an email with a link to the sizing chart and you can adjust your size as needed (but be sure to make your changes by the date we mention in that email). - Google Code-in, our contest

Re: [gci-discuss] Why can't I start another task?

Hello Tarkh, I submitted my latest task and I am waiting for approval. Why is the > website not allowing me to start another task? > You have to wait until the task is approved by the mentors before you can claim another task. Mentors can take up to 36 hours to review your work (they try to

Re: [gci-discuss] When we will that email come?

Don't worry, if you are a winner of finalist you will be notified a few days before the announcement is made. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, runs from November 28, 2017 - January 17, 2018. Please visit the contest site

Re: [gci-discuss] Regarding mentors

GCI ended a few weeks ago. We have not announced another program yet. If we run the program again then mentors must be invited by the mentoring organizations to be mentors. On Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 12:53 PM Abhinav Raj wrote: > How to apply for mentor in GCI??? > >

Re: [gci-discuss] Highest Tasks

No, we don't publish those numbers since it is not the point of the contest. Stephanie Taylor Open Source Programs, Google sttay...@google.com On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:58 PM, wrote: > Can anyone tell me, > > * how many highest tasks has been done by one

Re: [gci-discuss] Shipping company not sent Tracking number

The emails from the shipping company are going out between Feb 15-25 - so you will receive the email sometime in the next 9 days. Stephanie Taylor Open Source Programs, Google sttay...@google.com On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 6:32 AM, Vansh Sharma wrote: > Hello , I

Re: [gci-discuss] Tshirt

Prizes have just started shipping this week but your package may not be in the first batch. Please be patient. As soon as your package is dispatched, you will receive an email from Shumsky with your tracking number. The email will be from Google Open Source that may

Re: [gci-discuss] Hello

Hello, You need to contact the mentors and the organization directly about specific tasks. Best, Stephanie On Dec 26, 2017 9:03 AM, "Faheema Zeenath" wrote: > My task is to be a part of a community i joined the community and sent > messages in it also but how am i

Re: [gci-discuss] What should be the ideal letter size for my T-SHIRT?

Actually that link is from last year. There is no size chart for this year's tshirt. Choose the size you think you would wear and in the final week of the contest we send out an email link to all students and mentors with the new t-shirt sizes and they can adjust their shirt size as needed. On

[gci-discuss] Re: T-Shirt size??

Choose the size you think you would wear and in the final week of the contest we send out an email link to all students and mentors with the new t-shirt size chart and you can adjust your shirt size as needed. On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 11:02:25 PM UTC-8, Anu Raghav wrote: > > I'm from

Re: [gci-discuss] Task Till Now

We don't give out those numbers. Quality of work is far more important than quantity if you are trying for the grand prize. You can look on the organization's profile page to see if you are one of the organization's current students completing the most tasks in the contest thus far. It shows the

Re: [gci-discuss] After Winning

Hello John, You should focus on the contest right now and not be concerned about the grand prize trip until after the winners are announced. We will explain all of the travel details to winners a few weeks after winners are announced. - Stephanie If you win the Grand Prize Trip can the legal

Re: [gci-discuss] Mother tongue (catrobat)

Yes. - Google Code-in, our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source development, runs from November 28, 2017 - January 17, 2018. Please visit the contest site at g.co/gci for more information. Stephanie Taylor Open Source Programs, Google sttay...@google.com

[gci-discuss] Google Code-in 2018 is on - contest begins October 23rd for students

Hello, We are pleased to announce Google Code-in (GCI) 2018 , the 9th consecutive year of our contest for pre-university students ages 13-17. Please be aware, GCI will start about a month earlier this year than in previous years - the contest starts for students October

Re: [gci-discuss] i have registration issues

No you can not register yet because you are a student and student registration begins at 9am PST (1600 UTC) - in about 3 hours. *Google Code-in 2018 , our contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source software development begins Tuesday, October 23rd

Re: [gci-discuss] Claiming tasks question

Hi Alex, > > Can I take task from multiple organizations or I can only take tasks for > the one organization I choose? > You can only claim one task at a time. But yes, you can choose to work with multiple organizations. So once you successfully complete a task with say Org A you can then go and

Re: [gci-discuss] Cannot Claim Tasks

Hi Charlie, I just completed registration for GCI, and I am trying to claim my first > task. However, the "claim task" button is greyed out for all tasks. I have > not claimed a task previously, and I received an email confirming that my > parental consent form was approved. Am I missing

[gci-discuss] Final few days of Google Code-in 2018 - important deadlines to remember

Hello all, We hope you are enjoying the contest! We're nearing the end of Google Code-in 2018, with less than 1 week until the contest ends. Please be sure you are aware of the important deadlines below. Monday, December 10th 17:00 UTC - Deadline for GCI students to claim their final task

[gci-discuss] Google Code-in 2018 Winners and Finalists Announced

Congratulations to all of the 3,124 students who participated in Google Code-in 2018 with one of our amazing 27 open source mentoring organizations! We hope you have all enjoyed learning more about open source during the 7 week contest. We hope you continue your journey in open source.

[gci-discuss] Announcing Google Code-in 2019 - 10 years of GCI!

We are excited to announce the 10th year of the Google Code-in (GCI) contest, our contest for 13-17 year old pre-university students. Please note that GCI will start 6 weeks later this year than in 2018. The contest starts for students *Monday, December 2nd* and closes

[gci-discuss] Google Code-in - help us spread the word!

*Help us spread the word about GCI to your friends with this little snippet-* Google Code-in , a global, online contest introducing 13-17 year old pre-university students to open source software development begins December 2nd. Prizes include certificates, t-shirts,

Re: [gci-discuss] Can't find link to Parental consent Form

> > Is this the correct link to the parental form? > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/downloads/GCI2019-ParentalConsentContestantwithInstructions.pdf > Yes, that is the correct physical form. At 1800 UTC today (in less than 30 minutes) the digital version will be available

[gci-discuss] Google Code-in 2019 has started for students!

Students who are 13-17 years old, enrolled in a pre-university program, and have their parent’s consent to participate can now go to the Google Code-in 2019 program site and register. Once students have registered and their parent/legal guardian has submitted the parental

[gci-discuss] Thank you all for 10 incredible years of Google Code-in

Google Code-in wrapped up 10 amazing, productive, exhilarating years in January. There have been 14,700+ teenagers from 115+ countries and over 6,000 schools that have completed an impressive 76,200+ open source tasks with 63 open source organizations over the past decade. The Google Code-in