Selection of org.

[sinhatushar]

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1. Which orgs are a big NO NO to start making the first contribution now ? E.g. SymPy (told to me by many people that they select applicants who have been contributing from at least 2-3 months).

2. Is the only way to figure out the orgs which don't take into account the amount of time from which the applicant is making contribution is to check commit histories of orgs for 2016-17 and see the commits of successful applicants ?

3. If one has not selected org by now, should he now select only from the first timer orgs?

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[pranitbauva1997]

1. There are many big NO NO organisations but to be very honest, it's subjective. There are some orgs like OpenCV which don't accept any one except PhDs but still there have been people from KGP in 2nd year who have successfully completed their project. On an average avoid university orgs. Plus evaluate yourself properly (which is quite difficult because of personal bias) and then see the project difficulty.

2. Unfortunately, history repeats itself. And the only way to know would be to checkout the commit history and mailing list archives.

3. Preferably yes, but again, things are subjective and also based on interest