IMO, Grades in courses are irrelevant in GSOC. As a mentor I don't even bother looking at that sort of thing. I just see how well they do on the qualification

IMO, Grades in courses are irrelevant in GSOC. As a mentor I don't even bother looking at that sort of thing. I just see how well they do on the qualification tasks we give out, how well the student interacts on IRC, and whether there are any things that might interfere with an effective summer (e.g. having another job at the same time, etc).