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rejected...le sigh what is the criteria to get in anyways?
by venturebros 16y ago
rejected...le sigh
what is the criteria to get in anyways?
- ilovecomputers 16y agoReject here as well. I think the "What's the coolest thing you've made?" question held the most weight. Edit: I say this because I felt my response lacked anything significant. I have to say, it is a good motivation to get you working on side projects.
- venturebros 16y agoHmmm I agree with you but I have a feeling that "Where you went to school and major" was the deciding factor on whether or not they got to that part. I say that because I am not a Comp Sci major and I do not go to a legit school.
- SymbMeta 16y ago[cough, CS grads at MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, etc., cough]
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- henryw 16y agoI (who was luckily invited) think they look for more than school. I doubled in two non-CS majors from a non-MIT grade college. I learned to code on my own for kicks at first and then out of necessity.
- dzlobin 16y agoI'm wiling to bet that it doesn't matter. I got in and I don't go to an amazing school
- jcnnghm 16y agoI was accepted and I dropped out of the University of Maryland. Must be other stuff.
- b3b0p 16y agoI highly doubt this had much if anything to do with it. I think it has much more to do with how you presented yourself and what you put on your application. I graduated from Oklahoma State University and do not have a résumé that I would brag about, especially compared to many here.
- iamwil 16y agoMight want to read that again. http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html
- ilovecomputers 16y agoActually reading it for the first time, thanks for the post. Edit: So we are all random selections and rejections?
- iamwil 16y agoI would guess so. I was surprised by the rejections that were posted on this thread as well. I use to think that they only rejected biz devs, as it's more of a way for hackers to get up to speed on what is involved in a startup. But it seems like when your demand outstrips your capacity, you need to make cuts. And since most people fall in the middle as an average, chances are, you'll end up making a large number of small mistakes when you're picking teams. I've been to the last two startup schools, and for what it's worth, you can see the talks on justin.TV. You do miss out on the atmosphere, but most of the socializing happens after the day's events, not necessarily as much time to do so during the intermission. So check out the talks online, and then see what after parties there are.
- ecargnfx 16y agoYeah, I'm a mobile + UX designer and my cofounder is an iOS developer and software engineer. I was surprised we didn't make the cut since we both specialize and can execute for both web and iPhone and have known each other since high school. Oh wells, next time.
- mcargian 16y agoI wonder what the age distribution is between applicants and those accepted. Rejected as well. But I'm "old" in YC-years so I didn't expect to get an invite.
- sudeepp 16y agoI am 33 and I got accepted. I am not sure if YC considered age for acceptance. Well, in that case, I would be considered as "old" too.
- evo_9 16y agoI'm 43 and got accepted. It would be interesting to know some stats on all this stuff.
- kulpreet 16y agoI got accepted and I'm in high school so the range must be pretty big. I'm still debating over whether I should go cause I'm on the east coast.
- jforman 16y agoThis would make for an excellent college entrance essay :)