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Re:Didn't get into YC? Up your funding odds with the MassCha... by pg on Saturday April 09, 2011 @08:26PM (#2428495)
"I think Y Combinator's acceptance numbers this year will be something like .01%."

I assume this is meant as a joke, but just in case: every cycle we take about the same percentage of applications. It's always between 2.5 and 3.5%.

(This is not a deliberate plan. It has just always worked out that way.)

Re:Didn't get into YC? Up your funding odds with the MassCha... by bcrawford on Friday April 08, 2011 @03:46PM (#2425332)
Going through their application... I think their Challenge should be to really revamp it. I feel like I have to click Save after ever field or I'll be redirected to some random page when I click "Next."
Re:Didn't get into YC? Up your funding odds with the MassCha... by klimuga on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @06:33AM (#2441506)
MassChallenge was a lifetime experience for me! I'm not in an IT space, so I'm not sure that YCombinator could be a good fit for me, but MassChallenge was a good fit indeed.
Re:Didn't get into YC? Up your funding odds with the MassCha... by adammiller on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:54AM (#2423769)
I was a MassChallenge winner (@studyabroad101) and if you want any thoughts about it, Tweet at me @adamjgmiller
Re:Didn't get into YC? Up your funding odds with the MassCha... by AndrewGCook on Friday April 08, 2011 @10:03AM (#2423823)
Here's an article I wrote about the merits of the program if anyone's interested: 14 Reasons You Should Enter the MassChallenge - http://bit.ly/f6wSvm

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