I got an acceptance email, but the confirmation link says the application was rejected.

Same here. I'm showing up anyway.

I've rarely seen 6 words that reflect the entrepreneurial spirit so well as this post.

Same here. Will come along as well!

I've been thinking the same thing.

Same, but possibly an email mismatch between the one on the logged-in HN account, and the one that you used to apply to Startup School? (That's the most obvious thing I can see about mine, anyway.)

pg said it's fixed (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871433). It worked for me when I tried, try again.

yup i have this problem too. i got accepted, was able to RSVP and did. now checking the confirmation link again, it says application was rejected. glitch?

Same here, hopefully is a glitch.

I also have this problem.

Ditto.

I also got an acceptance email but the link says my application was rejected.

Did anybody get a rejection email?

Will videos from the speakers be available online after the conference?

They have been in the past.

This is the first startup school that I didn't get into =/

My coworker, who I told to apply since we're thinking of branching off to our own thing, got in and he's never even heard of yCombinator.

At least it will be on justin.tv!

I love the videos from Startup School 2008. I wasn't aware of the application deadline, but I'll make sure to apply early for next year. Do most of you who are going book a round trip flight?

2008 Videos - http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08

Did anybody who got the acceptance letter end up at a page denoting that they were accepted? Or is everyone who got the acceptance email getting to the rejection page?

It sounds like frisco did on at least the first try - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=870866

The most logical explanation I've seen is that the page was counting all views towards the total instead of only accepted RSVPs or something - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871201

I first got a rejection, then tried about 10 minutes later and got the accepted page. So... wait around and try again.

That's the first lesson of Startup School. :)

Is it going to be streamed over justin.tv or something?

It appears so.

http://www.justin.tv/startupschool

Great! Just got an acceptance letter :) See you there. I am @yurylifshits http://yury.name

I got it in (yay!) but I was just thinking -- how do they verify that you've been accepted when you show up?

I've heard nothing -- no acceptance nor rejection. Nothing in Spam. Anyone in the same boat?

Will be missing out, a little sad.

You're not alone, major bummer this morning :(

Screw it, I'm going to start my own Startup School... with hookers and blackjack! Actually forget the Startup School.