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Ask YC: Does it hurt to apply more than once?
1 point by DanielBMarkham on Oct 9, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
This may have been covered before, so apologies if it's a dupe.

Does it hurt to apply more than once? That is, once you get dinged, is there some sort of "uh-oh, it's that guy again" that happens the next time around? Or do each time you get treated like it's your first time up?

I'd like experience applying, if nothing else. But I don't have a co-founder and don't want to hurt my future chances by using up any of my "free karma" on a long-shot application.




I would also say that you are not the exact same person the second time you apply. You've had 6 months to grow as a person, learn more, and think more. Also, to apply twice there must be some level of commitment to the startup ethos. You aren't just applying on a whim -- a startup is something you genuinely want to do.

At least, this is what I hope Paul Graham thinks, as I'm applying for the second time myself. ::grin::


This question was asked 3 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=64112

plusbryan replied to say that he was rejected in Winter'06 but accepted in Summer'07: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=64132

My personal opinion is that it's very unlikely that pg et al. remember all of the 500+ applications they reject, so I wouldn't worry about this.


Thanks!

BTW -- I looked around for a search button on news.yc, but heck if I can find one. If I could have, I wouldn't have duped.




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