rejected...le sigh
what is the criteria to get in anyways?
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#22I refuse to accept that I suck Paul. Seriously. You're 1-5 people trying to judge on what you think is going to work. I personally think reddit gave you a bit of an ego trip. I think your vision of the future is clouded by visions of the past. The future is strange and you're going to miss it. Enjoy your 15 minutes.
Don't get worked up replying. This appears to be a troll. He didn't apply.
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#23I refuse to accept that I suck Paul. Seriously. You're 1-5 people trying to judge on what you think is going to work. I personally think reddit gave you a bit of an ego trip. I think your vision of the future is clouded by visions of the past. The future is strange and you're going to miss it. Enjoy your 15 minutes.
Don't get worked up replying. This appears to be a troll. He didn't apply.
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#24Afterparties?
I believe Airbnb is going to host a big one in SF.
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#25rejected...le sigh what is the criteria to get in anyways?
Reject 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.
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#26Made it! Man, it's only been a couple months living in the US and I love it. Now, how to get from USC to Stanford with no car or driver's license. Anyone from or near to USC going?
I think there are pretty cheap flights from LAX->SFO. You could also look into Amtrak (which I think only goes to Oakland, which is ~2 hours away from Stanford by BART and Caltrain), but often Amtrak's just about as expensive as flying. If you're really looking for cheap, there's buses like Greyhound, but they're slow and you'll encounter some sketchy people. But I think they've gotten better, and some buses even have WiFi.
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#27A few hours ago, I was getting ready to post a question on HN that would have been phrased something like this: "Ask HN: I got rejected from Startup School. How can I improve myself to get accepted next year?"
Fortunately, I didn't have to ask this question because, to my surprise, I got accepted. I guess pg+co. saw the hacker spirit in my application.
I'm humbled and incredibly excited to attend this event, meet all of the other hackers there, and learn from people much smarter than me. I can't wait!
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#28rejected...le sigh what is the criteria to get in anyways?
I 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.
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#29Made it! Man, it's only been a couple months living in the US and I love it. Now, how to get from USC to Stanford with no car or driver's license. Anyone from or near to USC going?
I think there are pretty cheap flights from LAX->SFO. You could also look into Amtrak (which I think only goes to Oakland, which is ~2 hours away from Stanford by BART and Caltrain), but often Amtrak's just about as expensive as flying. If you're really looking for cheap, there's buses like Greyhound, but they're slow and you'll encounter some sketchy people. But I think they've gotten better, and some buses even hav…
Amtrak goes to San Jose, but the timing from LA is inconvenient...
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#30Berkeley students, whose going?