[KenoFischer]

I do wish they would let organizations apply earlier in the year (or even better the year before) so the organizers can know whether or not the organization will be accepted. In fact, many students start talking to us even the previous fall in preparation for an application to gsoc. But certainly, immediately after org announcements things really start, so everything, including project descriptions, mentors, etc. need to be set up. Handling the inquiries, getting the mentors set up, etc. is a nontrivial amount of work. We (Julia) missed out in 2015 and it was quite a scramble. We ended getting sponsorship to run a Summer of Code outside the Google umbrella to avoid disappointing the students, but more of a heads up would have been useful.