Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Rejected By Y Combinator

I don't know how or why this story got out, but I think it's completely inappropriate to call out a team for not making the cut. It's hard enough as it is to put yourself out there and apply, but making news of an unsuccessful application makes it that much more daunting for someone to even decide to give it a shot.<p>I hope this article doesn't discourage people from applying in the future.<p>-Arielle Zuckerberg

I felt pretty good about our application and stand behind it. Just a bummer to have what was a highly enjoyable process be capped off like this. As Arielle said, this sort of thing can have a major chilling effect - I hope it doesn't put women off from applying in the future. And btw I'd do it all again.

Talk about living in the shadow. I doubt her relation to Mark was a contributing factor to her rejection, yet his full name is in the headline.<p>Whew boy.

it's odd she'd want to give up equity considering she already has access (most likely) to plenty of sources of cash... and she should have connections...<p>very strange!