Today's the day that YC invites applicants to interviews

[cryptoz]

"On April 16, we'll invite the groups that seem most promising to meet us in Mountain View during April 26-30." from apply.html

Does anyone know when the invitations go out? I'm super anxious to know.

[timerickson]

As was discussed last round [1], they usually arrive at 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179780

[tmh88j]

I googled this regarding previous years and it seems like they're sent out early evening Eastern time.

edit: mid-evening Eastern Time.

[Kavan]

Yup W12 I received the email around 6pm PT.

Fingers crossed for S12 and good luck to all the other teams!

[Spoom]

Good luck everybody. Hopefully one day I'll be ready to submit an application.

[mariscal1]

thanx we all need it =) good luck to U too

[2pasc]

Same as ig1: last time: 7:01 PM PDT

[apembroke]

Came here for this info. Thanks, and may the force be with you (and also with you).

[jmartin]

May the odds be ever in your favor.

[mirsadm]

We didn't get an interview either! Bummer..we were hoping for an interview as we both have quit our jobs + had senior software positions previously. What kind of teams/people did you guys apply with?

[Jamesso]

Good luck to everyone who made it to the interviews! Wish I could be right there with you.

Our team consisted of one senior developer, a creative director and a visual marketing specialist. We're all in our late 20's and were planning to relocate from the east coast.

[adahm]

Godspeed to all applicants!

[Delphiki]

We just heard back (4pm PDT) -- no interview for us. Was to be expected, especially as we only heard about YC two weeks before the application was due. Best of luck to everyone else!

[ig1]

Last time: 18:58:52 (PDT)

[khwang]

We just heard back and got an interview! Terribly exciting news.

[bobsil1]

Congrats and best of luck!

[msbii]

We received our rejection and very disappointed. We have a disruptive idea and our demo got raving feedback from domain experts. Will post demo here soon.

Congrats to those who got invites.

[jiganti]

I didn't get in. Congrats to those who got invites!

[jparkside]

How do you know did they send you an email or something?

[kellyreid]

When does the W12 App go up? If we're not chosen this time, we plan to be the first in line for W12 :)

[46Bit]

August. Just remember that a rejection isn't quite pluck a random boolean out a hat: you should be looking to move forward and improve, then try for it again if it still seems right. That's what I'll be doing if/when it's a No. Looking to just file again with no change isn't really going to go anywhere.

[camz]

totally ready to get my awesome "rejection letter" lol. =x. it looks like you get the rejections first and then the acceptance letters. hoping to get a response early might be counter-intuitive to the response you're looking for. =/

[wrtworld]

I dont think so. Both are delivered at the same time.

[argumentum]

Reading old articles about the YC application process, it always seems like the teams accepted were emailing/skyping/etc with yc partners throughout the process.

Is it indicative of a rejection if you haven't had any correspondence with YC since submitting the app? I'm hoping not because nowadays there are just so many more apps.

[wrtworld]

Just chill. We were selected for YC interview last year and we talked/emailed/skyped with partners only when we were selected for interview. I believe teams start talking with partners only when they are accepted for interview.

[bobsil1]

Didn't get in. Don't care, had beta :)

http://daring.is

Congrats to S12.

[Nesterov]

Same. Congrats to those that made it.

[aliciamk]

any suggestions for calming nerves while we wait? :)

[PavanSSKanwar]

press ups, sit ups, code something, draw something just keep doing something contructive! single malt? not before night! ;-)

[warpspeed]

single malt.

[dcozel]

Congrats and best of luck to the invitees!