Yay, I'm in.<p>I'll be coming down from SF, which is a bit of an epic journey for people who don't drive, but I'm hoping there'll be crews of carpoolers from here.<p>The Caltrain stops around midnight and socializing often begins around then.. so I'm guessing I should plan to stay the night in south bay.<p>Looking forward to meeting you guys -- I'll try and dye my hair some ridiculous color before then to be uber recognizable. Maybe orange, just to suck up to YC. ;)
Hum… didn't get invited this year. That's too bad because I feel like I would have benefited from it more this year than the previous ones. Disappointed but I'll survive :)<p>It's nice that it will be on Justin.tv, but IMO the best thing about Startup School isn't the speakers (though really great) but meeting the people.
Dang, I had gone the last two years but was rejected this time around. The rejection was a bit surprising as my startup is much further along. I guess YC figured I should have learned startups by now. :)<p>More seriously, does anyone know how the criteria worked this year? Did it hurt ones' chances to be a part of a VC backed startup, as ycom was trying to get more novice entrepreneurs who could benefit more? My cofounder did get in: were there limits on number of attendees from each company?
I'm in! One question for the people that already went to SS: I am flying in from South Florida that Friday and I was wondering if there were any post event hangouts/meetups or if I should be ok flying back that night.
I wished I could stay a couple nights in the valley but Sunday night is my limit.<p>Thanks!
Didn't get in. I was really hoping to go and learn a lot, especially after not getting into YC Summer '11. :( Oh well, there's always next time I suppose or maybe I'll get lucky and meet more people through Hacker Dojo that could help me learn even more about being successful in the tech startup world.
I'm still waiting for my email, but the rsvp page (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/susrsvp" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/susrsvp</a>) indicates I've been accepted. Anyone else in the same situation?
I read the email that I got in while at the ER waiting for x-ray results for my sprained ankle. I know, could have been a much better story if this was the YC interview invite which I initially thought it was :).
I got rejected. The application was so long ago that I don't even remember it. Does anyone have a link to the original application form so I can see where I can improve it for next year?
got in on the second try. sadly, i didn't save any of my answers, so i don't know what i did better this time. maybe following everyone's yc application advice of being interestingly concise helped!