Just read your blog post. Thanks for the link and good luck. I may write a blog post about a few changes to the YC application. If your startup has a working prototype and you want some press, post or email me the link. I will mention it in a blog post.<p>My one comment for every applicant: Realize the "3% chance" is often misunderstood. It's in one of PG's essays, but I can't find which one specifically. The 3% chance doesn't mean that all applicants have a 3% chance. It means that 3% of applicants have a really great chance and 97% have no chance. So your odds of getting an interview are either really good or non-existent.
Our team is in the same boat and I think you're entirely right regarding how beneficial the application process has been.<p>The concision required of some of the questions was cleansing: Even if I couldn't hit 120, I know I took a scalpel to the ideas we were tossing around in order to pull out those few nuggets of gold.<p>Best of luck, Adrian. Maybe we'll meet over the summer!