US VS. EMEA WORLD CUP COMPETITION

Did you know that there is another Google Developer scholarship program at Udacity running in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) right now? Students just like yourselves, are going through MWS, FEND, AND and ABND Nanodgrees as we speak!

Do you know what else is happening across the globe?!

⚽️ THE WORLD CUP! ⚽️

Even though the US didn’t qualify this year for the World Cup, who cares?! We make our own rules here in the Udacity Scholarship program.

Starting on Thursday June 28th-July 20th, the scholarship programs are going to enter into a friendly competition to gain the pride and glory that entails the SCHOLARSHIPS WORLD CUP.

THE RULES

MWS, FEND, ABND and AND, USA will all compete each week with MWS, FEND, ABND and AND EMEA, to see who can complete more collective projects.

Each Friday we’ll tally up the project passed from the previous week, and announce who gets to hold the cup for the week, basking in all the glory. 🏆

  • Scoring: we'll compare tracks 1:1. Certain projects per track will be worth double points. These projects include:
    • FEND: P2, P3 & P4
    • MWS: P1, P2 & P3
    • ABND: P3 & P4
    • AND: P3, P4 & P5
  • The winning team for the week will be announced each Friday in #announcements and each track's primary Slack channel #mws, #fend, #abnd, and #and starting this Friday until July 20th.
  • This is a friendly competition, so everyone please play nice. We'll give out yellow cards or even RED cards if we have to!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!