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Has anyone heard anything about the YC applications for the Winter 2013 class?

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"did you get your rejection email yet" - my wife

I just lost my "when will the first HN thread asking this question" pool by about 30 minutes. DAMN!

but the real question is if this is the one that will make the front page or not...

It's already there!

good thing i bet 50 cajillion dollars on it happening...now I'm gonna go buy Mercury

Please dont go and change the name to mercur.ly. Where Synergy meets Space.

I don't know which I find more puzzling- that you have figured out how much Mercury costs, or that you've decided to buy it.

Hey, at least it will have a better shot at finding a business model than twitter... ;) I kid, I kid.

not yet..... this day is going by too slow. I don't know what will be more traumatic, getting rejected from my Dream University senior year of HS, or getting rejected by YC lol...tis life.

In the past rejection emails have gone out between 5pm and 8pm Pacific. I can't speak for the emails inviting one to interview unfortunately! I expect the partners are busy evaluating applications up until the last moment.

This time last year, our interview email came just after the rejections went out.

I've gotten a rejection email at 4pm Pacific in the past

Does the whole team get the email or only the one who submitted the application ?

I worry more than before my first sex :|

Last semester we received our acceptance (to interview) at 3:59 PST.

YC guys like .59 as I see ))

little imperfections make this life interesting

We're creating a list of companies that applied here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4791386

Nothing yet.... why time is moving so slooooow? next startup: a time machine!! =)

On the apply page they say: "We'll reimburse up to $600 per group for travel expenses.", do you think is a tricky part? I mean, if we ask for a reimburse for the travel (which would be around $400-500), will we "loose points" during the interview because we aren't so much motivated as we even asked for a reimburse?

Speaking from Experience, the Partners interviewing you probably won't even know which of the interviewees did or did not accept checks. Kirsty issues them as you ask before or after you interview and it is very casual.

I certainly don't think they would hold it against you even if they knew. They're good people and don't expect you to do anything for free

It's not a trick question. You'll get reimbursed and it won't affect your credibility in any way to ask for what is offered to you.

YC (likely) wouldn't blink an eye at paying travel expenses for a team they're interested in. The cost is insignificant to the potential upside.

That's a non issue. At the end of the interview, you go out in the main room, and will go and see their finance person to ask her to reimburse you, no question asked (bring a copy of your tickets in case she asks to see them, but I don't remember she did). You will get the answer later, and decision making is independent.

I know several groups who got in YC and asked for reimbursement for their travel. YC wouldn't offer it if it biased them in any way. They are sort of the "gold standard" in incubators.

I don't think so. At least for me the plane ticket is way over $600 (and I'm willing to spend a lot more just to be interviewed by these people)

Guys Mixpanel is offering free analytics for rejectees http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4791944

If anyone wants to work in the health and fitness industry. Please do drop me a line - my email is in my profile.

We're actually offering free web security, too: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4792073 :)

Good luck to everyone. Let's stay positive and prepare for the interview. Here are a few good recommendations about YC interview and what to expect: http://askolo.com/ycalumni#4f7f608197db2e496f000001

Bummer, we just got a rejection email for Contactable (http://becontactable.com).

The email came via Mailgun, here are the headers:

Received: by luna.mailgun.net with SMTP mgrt ????61; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:17:01 +0000

Reading previous threads I have found a pattern. I may be wrong but that seems to be the pattern. Rejection emails go out around 4pm Pacific time and interview invite emails go out around 7pm Pacific time.

According to my experience last session this isn't correct. Invite emails went out 6:59pm EST.

Based on observations from the past 2 years, emails go out when applications are decided on in no particular grouping except when they were decided.

I got an interview email at 10:01pm EST in the past. It came through Mailgun so everyone that gets chosen will probably get that email at the same time.

@YC partners

Are late applicants being considered ? (or perhaps queued up to process if there's time)

Does everyone in the team get an email? or is it just the one who submitted the application?

I believe everyone does.

Waitingggggg

nothing yet here

waiting!!

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