Berkeley students, whose going?
I live in Berkeley and plan on driving to Startup School. I can take up to 4 other people in my car.
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#32rejected...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.
Hmmm 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.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Hmmm 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.
[cough, CS grads at MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, etc., cough]
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmmm 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.
[cough, CS grads at MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, etc., cough]
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#35I was planning on being in the area that week, and this would've been the icing and cherry on top. Unfortunately, didn't get in. I figured my #gov20 work would count for something, but it seems it doesn't (which is fine, perhaps I'm just not that interesting of a hacker!) - any pointers for how to frame the pitch so it seems more appealing to the YC crew?
Are there any meetups/after parties/etc in the area that one could attend? Half of the value of being in that auditorium would be meeting other hackers/entrepreneurs, I would hope not to lose out on that completely while i'm in the valley.
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#36I'm in! I even had a dream last night that I wasn't accepted. I feel rather ridiculous.
A lot of people who graduate college claim that they have a dream wherein they fail college, years after they graduate.
Maybe this is something similar to that.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Hmmm 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.
I (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.
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#38Is anybody flying in from Boston?
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#39A 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…
Congrats! I wish you much success on your endeavors.
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#40How many people got in? How many applied?