Internships - Revision history

David Monniaux: /* CV */

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 * Exact description of degree sought and degree-granting institution, including any details we might not be familiar with.
 * Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years) and some transcript/grading information (e.g. if you took a national competitive exam, please list the exam and your ranking).
-* Programming languages mastered.
+* Programming languages mastered (please only include those in which you can program with some proficiency; vague remembrances of an introductory course do not qualify).
 * Natural languages practiced, with degree of proficiency (only French and English are important for our purposes).
 * A list of internships etc. including names and email addresses of supervisors.

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 * Programming languages mastered.
 * Natural languages practiced, with degree of proficiency (only French and English are important for our purposes).
 * Scientific articles and research reports written, if any (please attach them or, better, give a link to a page from which we can download them).
 * Prizes, awards, grants etc. for academic studies and programming (e.g. results in [[wikipedia:ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest|ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest]]).

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 * Date of birth (at least the year).
 * Exact description of degree sought and degree-granting institution, including any details we might not be familiar with.
-* Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years) and some transcript/grading information.
+* Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years) and some transcript/grading information (e.g. if you took a national competitive exam, please list the exam and your ranking).
 * Programming languages mastered.
 * Natural languages practiced, with degree of proficiency (only French and English are important for our purposes).

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 * Date of birth (at least the year).
 * Exact description of degree sought and degree-granting institution, including any details we might not be familiar with.
-* Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years).
+* Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years) and some transcript/grading information.
 * Programming languages mastered.
 * Natural languages practiced, with degree of proficiency (only French and English are important for our purposes).

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 * Programming languages mastered.
 * Natural languages practiced, with degree of proficiency (only French and English are important for our purposes).
-* Prizes, awards, grants etc. for academic and programming (e.g. results in [[wikipedia:ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest|ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest]]).
+* Scientific articles and research reports written, if any (please attach them or, better, give a link to a page from which we can download them).
 You may leave out the following items:

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 Getting to know a topic takes some time. Certain universities expect their students to take short internships, e.g. 6 weeks; this is insufficient for getting to know a new topic and doing something interesting about it. We thus tend to prefer longer internships (at least 3 months).
-===For non-European students===
+==For non-European students==
 If you are neither from the European Union nor from associated countries (e.g. Switzerland), we will need to apply for a work permit at least 3 months in advance (and preferably longer). This requires non-negligible work for our academic and clerical staff, not to mention various costs, independent of the duration of the internship.
 We therefore strongly prefer longer internships in such cases.
-In addition, we advise you to inquire for information about visa requirements from the nearest French consulate or by browsing appropriate official sites.
+In addition, we advise you to inquire for information about visa requirements from the nearest French consulate or by browsing appropriate official sites. You'll need at least a valid passport; please apply for one from your government in advance.
 ==Locale==

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 To summarize: an application should contain:
-* Name and surname (if you are from a country where name/surnames do not work as in France, e.g. you only have a first name, please explain the situation; in case of names in non-Latin scripts please include both the spelling in your own language and the spelling in Latin letters as written on your passport)
+* Name and surname (if you are from a country where name/surnames do not work as in France, e.g. you only have a first name, please explain the situation; in case of names in non-Latin scripts please include both the spelling in your own language and the spelling in Latin letters as written on your passport).
 * Exact description of degree sought and degree-granting institution, including any details we might not be familiar with.
 * Higher education studies, including list of courses (at least in the last 2 years).