1. requires you to fill out the YC application form to start the process; and
2. takes 7-10 days to get back to you with the inevitable rejection.
There's a whole separate psychology involved in getting over the hump of submitting the application, when you know that not only might you be rejected, but you'll have to spend a lot of effort to get rejected, and won't find out whether you have been for quite a while. That, in my mind, is the feeling you have to "get used to."
(For a bonus, let the applicant respond to the rejection email with special pleading. Auto-reject that after 7-10 days as well.)
1. requires you to fill out the YC application form to start the process; and
2. takes 7-10 days to get back to you with the inevitable rejection.
There's a whole separate psychology involved in getting over the hump of submitting the application, when you know that not only might you be rejected, but you'll have to spend a lot of effort to get rejected, and won't find out whether you have been for quite a while. That, in my mind, is the feeling you have to "get used to."
(For a bonus, let the applicant respond to the rejection email with special pleading. Auto-reject that after 7-10 days as well.)