Batch 6 Calendar proposal

[cimendes]

Context

Batch 6 is fast approaching and we have to decide the calendar for next year. Following the student feedback (#345) and in preparation for the 2022 General Meeting (#344), I propose the following calendar. The following people gave me invaluable help when drafting this calendar, namely:

• @Juliana-R and @minhhoang1023 for initial brainstorm
• @fabiocruz when deciding admission calendar
• @buedaswag to sync with DevOps needs and time commitment
• @CatarinaSilva sharing many years of experience!

The proposal

The main objectives are:

• Line up the calendar with the academic year, starting in September (suggested in #345)
• Adjust capstone deadlines in accordance with #345

I propose the following calendar, available in a google sheet and accessible through your LDSA account here

Here are the most important dates, in the format of tables:

Application steps and important dates

Activity	Date/Deadline
Sign-up on the Admission Portal	2022-07-08 00h00 GMT+1 to 2022-07-10 23h59 GMT+1
Scholarship applications	2022-07-08 00h00 GMT+1 to 2022-07-10 23h59 GMT+1
Test & SLUs	2022-07-11 00h00 GMT+1 to 2022-07-24 23h59 GMT+1
Candidate Selection	2022-07-25
Payments & scholarship interviews	2022-07-26 00h00 GMT+1 to 2022-07-31 23h59 GMT+1
Admissions closed	2022-08-01 23h59 GMT+1

Schedule

Activity	Date/Deadline
Prep Work and admissions	July 2022
Batch 6 kick off	2022-09-19
Introduction session	2022-09-25
Set-up	2022-09-26 and 2022-09-30
Bootcamp	2022-10-01 and 2022-10-02
Bootcamp SLU deadlines	2022-10-22, 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 1	2022-10-23
Spec 2 BLU deadlines	2022-11-19, 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 2	2022-11-20
Spec 3 BLU deadlines	2022-12-17, 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 3	2022-12-18
Spec 4 BLU deadlines	2023-01-28 2023-02-04 , 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 4	2023-01-29 2023-02-05
Spec 5 BLU deadlines	2023-02-25 2023-03-04, 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 5	2023-02-26 2023-03-05
Spec 6 BLU deadlines	2023-03-25 2023-04-01, 23h59 UTC
Hackathon 6	2023-03-26 2023-04-02
Capstone Kick off	2023-03-27 2023-04-03
Capstone Clarification email	2023-04-02 2023-04-09
Capstone Deadline report 1 + app	2023-04-23 2023-04-30 , 23h59 UTC
Capstone Round of requests	2023-04-24 to 2023-04-30 2023-05-01 to 2023-05-07
Capstone Deadline report 2 + redeploy + address comments to report 1	2023-05-14 2023-05-28, 23h59 UTC
Capstone Graduates announced	2023-05-24 2023-06-19

Detailed capstone deadlines: #348

[cimendes]

Approved in its generality on 24th April 2022.

Suggestion from @CatarinaSilva:

• Shift S04 one week so it's not right after the Christmas break Done
• Split the capstone calendar into a separate issue

TODO:

• Have prep course calendar for 2023 defined to assess overlap (@minhhoang1023)

If no objections are raised, this issue will be closed on March May 1st 2022.

[CatarinaSilva]

this issue will be closed on March 1st 2022.

you mean May 1st @cimendes ? 😂

[cimendes]

ops my bad @CatarinaSilva