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If you applied to startup school, please put the same email in your profile

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We've made the startup school application reader import karma scores from News.YC, so we can consider karma as a factor. (It is a meaningful one, because it shows your contributions are valued by your peers.) It matches people based on email addresses, so if you have high karma on News.YC and you're applying to startup school, make sure the email addr in your profile is identical with the one you used in applying.

We've noticed people using forms like whatever (at) gmail in their profiles. As well as making it impossible to match user accounts with applications, this isn't necessary, because your email addr isn't displayed to anyone except to you and editors.

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What if we already applied? Should we re-submit the application?

Here is the link for people who wants to apply: http://www.startupschool.org/

Your karma is 15 points... :)

16 with my help. enjoy

No, do not resubmit your application. Use http://news.ycombinator.com/testmail to test which email address you applied with.

Also, if you haven't heard from us with a yes/no by the end of the day on 3/27, please check your spam folder. Especially if you have a yahoo mail account.

I kind of forgotten which email I used to apply. Is there a way to figure it out?

Now there is: try http://news.ycombinator.com/testmail

Here's the source, btw:

  (defop testmail req
    (whitepage 
      (aform [pr (if (mem (arg _ "email") (keys (sus-applicants))) 
                     "yes" 
                     "no")]
        (single-input "email: " "email" 30 "check"))))

Is the mem function doing a linear search?

Yes; this isn't designed for efficiency.

You could just add a line to the profile page that says something like:

  Startup School: Applied

if the email in the profile is also in the list of applicant emails. That would save everyone typing and clicking (which is so much work I tell ya).

Since I haven't got an invitation and plane ticket yet - I look forward to the podcasts. Any more info on them?

Edit: I apologize for making a joke that caused confusion. Invitations have not gone out, they don't pay for your flight. I was just implying since I won't be attending I would like to peruse the podcasts at my leisure and the FAQ says more details will follow. I was looking for those details.

Speaking of that. Do we have to buy our own plane ticket or will transportation be refunded to a certain amount like with YC startups? I highly doubt it's the latter but that'd be cool.

It's not the latter.

Have you seen the videos of the previous Startup Schools? Hundreds of people show up. I'm impressed that they provide breakfast!

Have invitations already gone out?

this kinda annoys. couldn't remember old account passwd, not that my old account had many (any) karma points but whatever.

i feel like startupschool factors heavily on school background anyways more so than pts. just some critique with your morning coffee.

I can't help but want to provide a counter-example to your second point -- I was accepted last year despite having attended a school that most Americans haven't heard of.

I'm certain Startup School does not factor school background very heavily. I went to super crappy schools and never got an interesting degree, and was accepted to both the first Startup School here in the valley, and the next year to Y Combinator. pg and co. are not school snobs.

Is Startup School only for hackers or can others involved and interested in startups apply too?

This and other FAQs are answered at http://startupschool.org/faq.html

awesome. one of my first events in the area. looking forward to it. oh yeah, if i joined with clickpass, im assuming the email associated is the one on my clickpass?

I think I used different email last time so I re-applied.

Please don't do this. If you think you applied using an email address different from the one in your profile, just change the one in your profile.

Can you send me an email telling me the email addrs on both your applications so I can delete one?

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