I have to admit that it is actually refreshing and enjoyable to see the YC application process come and go without being an applicant this time. I applied for the W'11 batch and was all I could think about was the application, the possibility of an interview, and obviously the ultimate possibility of getting into YC.

I couldn't look at others' demos and ideas without viewing them as the competition. I was judging the other projects instead of actually being interested in them. Since I'm not applying this round (not because I've become disillusioned with YC or don't think it would be a good opportunity, I've just determined that I'm at the point in my life where I need to focus on taking care of more immediate needs than swinging for the fences), I'm actually enjoying seeing what everyone is bringing to the table. It makes me smile to see everyone's enthusiasm to get into YC. Good luck to everyone out there, and if you have something that you truly believe in, make it happen, YC or not.

You won't get anything resembling an accurate count by posting a poll here.

Post your demos here too, plenty of other VCs that lurk who may be interested.

It would be better to specify the target audience. (People looking to start a startup). Because lot of HN readers are students, workers, freelancers...

No I live in the Netherlands, Europe and my co-founder and I are in no option to leave school since we have a loan provided by the government. And by leaving school that means we have to pay it back. So sadly that rules out the question of applying to YC.

I'd rather spend the money on the company than putting it back into the gov. pool. I'll do that with my own money, when I earn it.

It would be nice -- after the deadline is done -- to have stats about the applications ; i.e. how many applications have been submitted, how is the distribution of application submissions by time/date, geolocation, etc.

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Just hit the submit button that second! So exciting :-)!

For some reason it's not saving the company URL for me. It also doesn't like greater than or less than signs (<>)

the poll should weigh answer count with karmas, as, for example, nobody cares that I didn't apply because nobody knows me :)

Nope, that'll be W12 for me.

There's still quite a few hours left and I have an exam tomorrow morning!

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