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I wrote this in relation to what's being asked and looked for in applications. I think it might help you. https://iamwilchung.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/i-got-i

• will_brown 14y ago
  I have no idea how, but I previously had read your post. Likely a Google search but at this time I could not tell you the search query. Your story is both inspirational and practical. Inspirational because you continued to pursue your YC goal after most people would have given up or lost hope, and it was not just some eventuality, you took control of your circumstances by working for a YC company, moving to SV, and finding a co-founder in SV. Similarly, after my first rejection (W12) I applied to work for a YC start-up in SF, unfortunately I have not even received a form rejection much less an interview. >it wasn’t filling out the application all those times that gave me an idea of what YC is looking for, but rather, it really clicked for me after meeting the YC founders in the dinners of summer 2008. Along the same lines, this is why I posted my S13 Application to Ask YC alumni, thank you for taking the time to link your post, because I gained more from reading it this second time around - having been rejected since the first time I read it.