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MLH Fellowship: Getting in and experience

Gabriel Cruz (he/him) on August 10, 2020

In early May 2020, halfway through my exchange program and at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, I didn't have any idea what I was going to do next. ...
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Pratyay Banerjee • Edited

This is so beautifully versed! MLH fellowship is one of the prestigious fellowship, that anyone would love to be a part of.

I tried this year, & I also received a mail regarding my interview, but unfortunately it was my bad luck that I couldn't attend the meeting properly due to cyclonic activities in my state :(

Nonetheless, the point you mentioned above that - "Luck favors those who try" is very veracious! I will definitely try being a part of this prestigious program next year.

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

They're actually opening applications for a new season tomorrow if you're interested :)

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Pratyay Banerjee

Oh that's great! I'll surely apply tomorrow :) Many many thanks for the info!

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Pratyay Banerjee

That's awesome! Thank you very much for this info 😃

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mukeshgupta7

Can I apply for both externship and fellowship together.

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

You could in the last batch, but I'm not sure if you still can (I'd email help@fellowship.mlh.io asking about that for official information though)

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victory

Hi, I Applied earlier this year but i didnt get a reply but i just saw an email some hours ago asking me to reapply for the next batch alongsides a code. I just applied.

I think the meeting durations are quite long (5 hours). What do you people do during these meetings?

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

Daily meetings usually take 15 minutes and each fellow (and the mentor) would go about things they accomplished the day before and plans for the current day

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Abhijay Jain

Thanks for sharing this!! It is very helpful. Can you please share some tips regarding communication because I think I am not that fluent in speaking English, although I am comfortable with the chat thing.

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

You need to be able to communicate effectively in English. That's it. If you feel comfortable doing the chat interview that probably means your English level is good enough :)

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Jacob Herrington (he/him)

I'm really glad the MLH Fellowship worked out for you in the uncertainty of 2020! :)

It is such a great format, I'm very impressed at how the group has handled remote team-building and collaboration.

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

As someone told me recently: if anyone can pull off a remote fellowship it's MLH <3

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Jahnvi Srivastava

Can a student apply in his/her second year B.tech
Actually I am a bit confused if second year is the best time to apply for it or not.(I have not worked on projects like you mentioned)
Yes I have coding experience and my very own small projects. So according to you should I apply or wait.
It will be great if you help me out : )

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

Yes! I've worked with people from all different sorts of backgrounds! Some of them even apply (and get selected) again afterwards. Depending on your experience you might consider a track that requires less of it. Rule of thumb is

Explorer (least exp) > Open Source > Externship (most exp)

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Jacqueline Binya

Thank you for being so humble and real.
Am considering applying for MLH fellowship in the future.
Your piece was really resourceful.
🌻

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mukeshgupta7

Will we get selected for interviews on the basis of resume or github profile.

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

We'll be looking into both. I wouldn't say one is more important than the other

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Ritik Soni

I'll try until I get in! that's all what I got; idea about me, I don't even know flask and 13 is the last date of applying. ill try my best to learn and build something in these days...

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Gabriel Cruz (he/him)

You don't need to know Flask. In fact, there aren't required technologies you should know, but you'll probably need to know some technologies. I for example know absolutely nothing about JavaScript, but that wasn't a problem because they put me into a Python pod.

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Ritik Soni

It's like 3 months after, commenting that I have failed in the fall 21 batch but I filled for the summer21 batch and working on my skills...

let's see what happen next

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Ijay

I am reapplying for the MLH fellowship program... Pls what externship? How can I apply for it.
Thanks

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guptapriyanshu7

What kind of a project they see in application which will get me selected for interview rounds?

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Roshan Prakash Raut • Edited

Amazing Blog.........
Thanks! for sharing.........

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Muiz Alvi

Awesome article!!