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Tell HN: Startup School 2011 emails are out

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Seems like they were just sent out. Who got in?

Yay, I'm in.

I'll be coming down from SF, which is a bit of an epic journey for people who don't drive, but I'm hoping there'll be crews of carpoolers from here.

The Caltrain stops around midnight and socializing often begins around then.. so I'm guessing I should plan to stay the night in south bay.

Looking forward to meeting you guys -- I'll try and dye my hair some ridiculous color before then to be uber recognizable. Maybe orange, just to suck up to YC. ;)

Hum… didn't get invited this year. That's too bad because I feel like I would have benefited from it more this year than the previous ones. Disappointed but I'll survive :)

It's nice that it will be on Justin.tv, but IMO the best thing about Startup School isn't the speakers (though really great) but meeting the people.

In all fairness (going by past years), the networking is held outside in the open.

Dang, I had gone the last two years but was rejected this time around. The rejection was a bit surprising as my startup is much further along. I guess YC figured I should have learned startups by now. :)

More seriously, does anyone know how the criteria worked this year? Did it hurt ones' chances to be a part of a VC backed startup, as ycom was trying to get more novice entrepreneurs who could benefit more? My cofounder did get in: were there limits on number of attendees from each company?

Accepted :) feel very grateful again I do wonder how the "balance" is between new people and those who've attended 1 or more times before, as well as people from other countries. I also wonder if there might be a time to choose a larger venue to accommodate more people, or the current limit is a good way to maintain the character of the school.

I'm in! One question for the people that already went to SS: I am flying in from South Florida that Friday and I was wondering if there were any post event hangouts/meetups or if I should be ok flying back that night. I wished I could stay a couple nights in the valley but Sunday night is my limit.

Thanks!

Didn't get in. I was really hoping to go and learn a lot, especially after not getting into YC Summer '11. :( Oh well, there's always next time I suppose or maybe I'll get lucky and meet more people through Hacker Dojo that could help me learn even more about being successful in the tech startup world.

I'm still waiting for my email, but the rsvp page (http://news.ycombinator.com/susrsvp) indicates I've been accepted. Anyone else in the same situation?

If you're on Gmail, check your Bulk mail folder. I was waiting for an hour and it turned out it's been in my Bulk folder for a while.

Wow there it is. Arrive an hour and ten minutes ago. Thank you so much for that suggestion. I had checked my spam folder multiple times, but I didn't even think about the bulk mail folder.

Also, in!

I read the email that I got in while at the ER waiting for x-ray results for my sprained ankle. I know, could have been a much better story if this was the YC interview invite which I initially thought it was :).

I got rejected. The application was so long ago that I don't even remember it. Does anyone have a link to the original application form so I can see where I can improve it for next year?

Here's what I have saved:

* Education (schools, degrees, majors)

* If you're out of school, where do you work, and at what?

* What software tools do you like?

* What's the coolest thing you've built that you can tell us about?

(edit: Misread as "the application was so long", so removed irrelevant bit, and formatting)

Bah. Rejected. Oh well, gives me more time to keep going forward.

Got in, I went last year too and it was absolutely amazing... looking forward to another great experience!

I'm in.

Coming all the way from Newcastle in the UK.

My first start up school. Extremely excited.

i got in, too. for the very first moment, i thought it was my YC application. oh well..

got in on the second try. sadly, i didn't save any of my answers, so i don't know what i did better this time. maybe following everyone's yc application advice of being interestingly concise helped!

Does anyone know how many people were invited and how many people applied

From the rejection e-mail, 2400 applied and 716 got in. So you had a 1 in 3.35 chance of getting in.

Congrats to everyone who did, looks like I need to actually start accomplishing something and try again next year :)

I got in as a first-timer. Is anyone else from Vancouver heading down?

Does Calgary count? lol :)

Close enough. :)

I didn't. :( C'est la vie.

In. Watch out for the crazy-looking redhead :)

I got in, my first time. Can't wait!

Got rejected this year. To next!

got accepted too! any tools we can use to see a list of participants coming?

also looking to meet a potential technical cofounder - email me

Got in. Now, where to stay?

http://www.airbnb.com/events/startup-school-2011

Accepted! See you there..

I got in! very excited!

I got in. Can't wait!

I'm in! So excited!!

In :). Can't wait.

and how can apply for this startup school event?

Did not get in!

I did.

w00t!

we didn't make it but we gonna keep marching forward..

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