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> 1,587 (56%) of the companies completed the course, and, since then, 38 of them have been accepted to the core Y Combinator program In other words, your chanc
by akuji1993 8y ago
> 1,587 (56%) of the companies completed the course, and, since then, 38 of them have been accepted to the core Y Combinator program
In other words, your chance of getting into YC by these means, is about 2%. Still might be worth, just for the information alone though.
- haggy 8y agoThat feels right given the number of ideas that turn out to be side projects vs. Become real companies
- bobwaycott 8y agoYou’re mistakenly assuming everyone applies to join YC when calculating that percentage.
- Liron 8y agoFor context, 2% is also the acceptance rate of all YC applications. I'm guessing that people who apply to Startup School tend to be very early in the founding process, which gives them an a priori lower chance of getting accepted (even though YC is open to super early stage), and then SS raises it. Also, the kind of people applying to Startup School are probably not the kind of experienced founders whose application looks more promising at the very early stage.
- anthuswilliams 8y agoI took the course last year but did not apply to YC. I'm assuming there are others in this situation as well, so I'd conclude the acceptance rate for SS graduates is higher than the acceptance rate for the general candidate population.