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by mwseibel 2817 days ago
Unfortunately with over 8000 applicants each batch that is very very hard but I will talk to our admissions team to see if there is anything we can do to improve in this area. I apologize for how frustrating it is to get a YC rejection.
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P.S I'll advise everyone to visit siebel's Molly page (https://molly.com/michael/q/eyJpZCI6IDEwMTR9/what-are-some-o... are answers to most of your questions on there. It's a great guide for your application process and you would be able to deduce why you are accepted/rejected from the analytics of those answers. With +-8000 applications you'll need all the help you can get to make your application stand out.
I think you should be commended for actually giving rejections. It's a very kind thing in a world of radio silence.
How about just adding a "feedback" box that reviewers could add feedback to if they wanted which could then be included with the rejection email?