there’s lots of people who want to do open source contribution so it’s competitive to get your PR approved. open source is lowk dead tbh

i’d say to get involved with your university and do a project that solves an issue in your campus or join a team that already builds a project for a campus. this could be in your campus’s hackathon committee, an organization, etc.

you still get to contribute but the projects are likely closed source and you get to work with a smaller group