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Recently was helping a friend of mine who was applying for Y Combinator to fill up his application.We were selected for Y Combinator Final Interview few batches ago. So ended up reading a lot of articles on getting into Y Combinator. Thought, it would be helpful if I put it up as blog post. Do let me know in the comments below of any other links that could be useful for startups applying for Y Combinator.

APPLICATION PROCESS

• How to apply to Y Combinator
• How to prepare for the Y Combinator interview
• How should I fill the application for Y Combinator
• Late applications
• YC Application Checklist
• Y Combinator Application Guide
• De-constructing a successful YC application
• Who decides Ycombinator applications
• How to write a winning application
• Do all YC partners read each application?
• What should be included in a successful Y Combinator application?
• How should I fill the application form for Y Combinator?
• What is the Y Combinator application process like?
• Y Combinator applicant advice
• How to make your YC application stand out
• Advice For Your YC Application
• Advice on the YC Application
• Insider’s Guide to YC W13 Application
• Advice on YC Application

EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS

• Dropbox application
• Reddit application
• FamilyLeaf Yc application
• SeeingInteractive application(Ownlocal)
• Lollipuffs application
• Dailymuse application
• Kiko application(Justin.tv)
• Makegameswithus
• Standard Treasury Application
• Taazr (S10) application
• One month application
• Apptimize application

TEAM

• What we look for in founders
• What Y Combinator looks for in a founder
• How do we choose who to fund
• Team
• What are chances for a non-technical single founder applying to Y Combinator?
• Applying to Y Combinator and other Seed Incubators as a non tech founder. Do they only invest in the team?
• How Y Combinator Evaluates Teams (an alum’s perspective)

VIDEO

• The Application Video
• Optimizely (W10)
• PagerDuty (S10)
• AeroFS (S10)
• Video
• Hugecity

IDEAS

• The request for Startups
• Startup Ideas We’d like to Fund

INTERVIEW ADVICE AND EXPERIENCE

• Y Combinator interview advice
• The Top Questions Asked At A Y Combinator Interview
• Y Combinator Application Questions
• What it’s like to interview with Y Combinator
• Want to ace your YCombinator interview? Be relentlessly empathetic
• What is it like to interview with Y Combinator?
• Lessons in Prepping for a Y Combinator Interview
• Questions you’ll (propably) get asked at your YC interview
• What questions are asked at the Ycombinator interview?
• Our Y Combinator interview
• Y Combinator Interview Advice
• Thoughts on Y Combinator Interview Prep
• How to plan for Y Combinator interview
• On “Hacking” Y Combinator Interviews and Successful Startups

GENERAL ADVICE & EXPERIENCE

• Frequently asked Questions
• Last minute advice for startups applying for YC
• Super last minute advice
• Unorthodox Advice from YC founders
• Applying to YC
• YC Interview Stories and Advice from 8 Companies in YCW11
• Practical advice for getting into YC
• How to get into Y Combinator
• How not to pitch to Y Combinator
• What is the best advice for a startup applyting to Ycombinator
• How to present to investors
• How to Get Into Y Combinator
• Going Through Y Combinator (S13): Nine Lessons Learned
• 58 things I learned at YC
• How to Increase Your Chances of Getting into YC
• 3 months at Y Combinator: What it’s like and how to get in
• 10 tips from Y Combinator graduate Nikki Durkin
• Panorama’s (YC S13) advice for first time founders and YC applicants
• Hack Your Y Combinator Interview & Get Accepted
• Our Journey To and Through YC
• The Road to YCombinator
• After reviewing about 30 YC Apps, here’s some general advice
• My YCombinator application story
• The Value of Y Combinator & Accelerators
• Y Combinator Summer 2013
• Y Combinator,Startups and You
• Y Combinator and Being a Mom

OTHER RESOURCES

• What happens at Y Combinator
• Guide to Y Combinator
• Unofficial Guide to Ycombinator
• Y Combinator Universe

Hope it helps and Good Luck if you are applying to Y Combinator :).