# Evaluation Stage

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278>\
**Category:** Snowcast Showdown\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278 "2022-02-08T00:27:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![adnang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@adnang](https://community.drivendata.org/u/adnang)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278/1 "2022-02-08T00:27:37Z")

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I just wanted to clarify, but you have until February 15th to submit your code in order to qualify for the Evaluation Stage?

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**Author:** ![tglazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tglazer](https://community.drivendata.org/u/tglazer)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278/2 "2022-02-08T16:59:13Z")

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Hi @adnang that is correct. In order to the eligible for final prizes, you will need to submit your source code and model weights prior to February 15, 2022 at 23:59:59 UTC (the end of Stage 2a). See the [Code Submission page](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/90/submissions/extra/) for more information.

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**Author:** ![adnang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@adnang](https://community.drivendata.org/u/adnang)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278/3 "2022-02-09T06:03:53Z")

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Thanks for your reply. I just also wanted to clarify that there are some data sources that are optional to use for this challenge?

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**Author:** ![tglazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tglazer](https://community.drivendata.org/u/tglazer)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/evaluation-stage/7278/4 "2022-02-09T18:38:31Z")

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@adnang That’s right, you can use any combination of the approved data sources for model training and inference. See the [Evaluation stage page](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/90/competition-reclamation-snow-water-eval/page/432/) for more information on the data and submission format.