If it makes you feel any better @doomsdaychassis, they said NO to my first membership request. I think the requirement was to be on steemit for 2 weeks and have at least 10 posts. I didn't meet the 10 posts..but who knows, it could have been my lack of quality too! Their membership fee increased too...try it. They will send your membership fee back if you don't qualify. That's what they did for me. I tried again couple weeks later and got approved, but that could have been because Dave put in a good word for me too, hehe.