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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Hello,</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> I am Alok Sharma from India, currently graduating from Mumbai University in Information Technology (Second Year). </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The purpose of writing this letter is that I want to know the pre-requisites of joining your coding project in Google Summer of Code(GSOC). I recently came across GSOC website and saw that your
organization is listed in GSOC and I am one of the happy user of your service. </span>
</span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I always wondered if I can ever add some features which I wanted in your application. I think this is the once in a lifetime opportunity to "make the change I want to see". </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I am telling you this because I really admire your project and the impact it is making on people's lives. I myself is the user of your application and I get really excited when new updates and
patches comes. I too want to be the part of your project and develop new features and patches. The best part would be to see people giving feedback on my contribution, nothing could ever buy that from me. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The issue is that even if I apply for your project, the chances of getting selected is almost none because of my poor profile. The problem is that I have not contributed to
any huge project like yours </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">and neither I have developed any concrete project before. I am not asking you any free favor's, I just ask you to give me a task and I will try to
complete that before the student's registration begins. If I complete that task my only request is that you would consider me equally valid student just like another experienced student and if I fail in completing this task I won't be a headache to your project. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I am sending you this mail just because I think everybody should get an equal chance to prove themselves so please give me a chance to prove.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">My proficiencies are:</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Python3, python2</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">C++</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Algorithms and data structures</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Mathematics</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Physics</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Git,
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Github</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">
</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Django (web framework)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I hope to hear back from you.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Thank you.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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