2011 GW OCI Thread Forum

[bbalcrzy23]

Can anyone with a technical background with plans to focus in patent law comment on their OCI results? Also, please specify type of technical background (EE, ME, CS, etc).

I especially curious how Mechanical Eng is doing compared to others.

Thanks

[Aston2412]

Can anyone with a technical background with plans to focus in patent law comment on their OCI results? Also, please specify type of technical background (EE, ME, CS, etc).

I especially curious how Mechanical Eng is doing compared to others.

Thanks

I can only speak to what I heard my IP friends talking about, but the way it was described to me is as follows.

1. Each year more and more students graduate with ME degrees.
2. Each year there are fewer and fewer jobs for ME IP positions, not because of increased competition but because the jobs just aren't as needed anymore

Also, from what they told, EE is the way to go.

[Anonymous User]

anyone know how likely it is to get an alternate spot? my parents are asking me to come home and there is an interview which i am alternate for in the middle of that time period. firm is local, nothing prestigious

[Anonymous User]

Marshall Scholar, Secondary Journal:
7 preselects (3 firms; 4 govt)
4 alternates

[Eco]

Hey so I think the results are not actually final! After basically getting super depressed about it last night, this morning my favorite law firm (lol) switched me to preselect! YAY.

[Anonymous User]

transfer - 3 preselects.

[Anonymous User]

3.4, Marshall Scholar, no journals, internship with non-profit.

35 bids, 1 pre-select, 2 alternates.

[Anonymous User]

Hey so I think the results are not actually final! After basically getting super depressed about it last night, this morning my favorite law firm (lol) switched me to preselect! YAY.

So in the future just keep these things to yourself

What I'm saying is my results are, as of now, just as depressing as they were last night, just as depressing as they were this morning and just as depressing as they were before lunch...

[Anonymous User]

Hey so I think the results are not actually final! After basically getting super depressed about it last night, this morning my favorite law firm (lol) switched me to preselect! YAY.

So in the future just keep these things to yourself

What I'm saying is my results are, as of now, just as depressing as they were last night, just as depressing as they were this morning and just as depressing as they were before lunch...

Additional preselect for me as well.

[Anonymous User]

Are these additional pre-selects coming from "pending" status or from "not selected" status?

[Anonymous User]

Mine came from a not selected. Coincidentally from my top choice.

[Anonymous User]

I also got another preselect added from a "not selected"

[Anonymous User]

I also got another preselect added from a "not selected"

Well there goes my productivity for the REST OF THE DAY. Well, at least until 9 I guess.

Can parties that are getting additional preselects post rough stats so we know if they are aligning among the top 5% or if they are more evenly distributed?

[Anonymous User]

I also got another preselect added from a "not selected"

Well there goes my productivity for the REST OF THE DAY. Well, at least until 9 I guess.

Can parties that are getting additional preselects post rough stats so we know if they are aligning among the top 5% or if they are more evenly distributed?

I got a preselect later today that I didn't have this morning. But, mind you, it was only my second. I have two preselects and two alternates right now. Marshall Scholar, 3.4, did not do journal competition.

[Eco]

Yeah my preselect came from a not selected. It's good news, I mean not for the fact that I have an extra interview, but because its a job that I really want/think I can get.

[Anonymous User]

3LE with significant work experience. Marshall scholar.
Only 4 preselects! I didn't expect it to be so bad!

[Eco]

3L evening with 4 preselects isn't so bad if you look at the data from last year for 3Ls especially evening students.

[Anonymous User]

yeah, but just curious, why do evening students fare so badly? just to be clear, 3LE means that I'm not graduating till 2013, so its not as bad as a 3L day.

[sky7]

Yeah my preselect came from a not selected. It's good news, I mean not for the fact that I have an extra interview, but because its a job that I really want/think I can get.

Same!

[Eco]

Not sure why evening students fair worse, but they do.

I'm hearing a lot of horror stories this OCI. Pretty sad.

[Anonymous User]

Can parties that are getting additional preselects post rough stats so we know if they are aligning among the top 5% or if they are more evenly distributed?

1 additional preselect, from an initial not selected - Marshall Scholar, 3.45, Secondary Journal

[sky7]

Not sure why evening students fair worse, but they do.

I'm hearing a lot of horror stories this OCI. Pretty sad.

There is, of course, a significant percentage of evening students with jobs lined up through their daytime pursuit. The amount of evening students who are patent agents at Finnigan or other major firms is relatively large. They have no need for OCI.

The evening students left over, that have day jobs potentially unrelated to law, have no had opportunities to do internships or get any other legal experience. Therefore, when choosing between a 3.4 3LE with no experience and 3.4 2L who summered at DOJ, I think it's a pretty clear choice.

[Anonymous User]

Transfer student with no science background and am interested in IP. Only got 3 preselects at OCI and 1 alternate. Feeling helpless right about now.

[blurbz]

Transfer student with no science background and am interested in IP. Only got 3 preselects at OCI and 1 alternate. Feeling helpless right about now.

Why IP if no science background? Do you have patent paralegal experience or anything else that would convey to a firm that you'll be able to hold your own in that field?

[Anonymous User]

Not sure why evening students fair worse, but they do.

I'm hearing a lot of horror stories this OCI. Pretty sad.

There is, of course, a significant percentage of evening students with jobs lined up through their daytime pursuit. The amount of evening students who are patent agents at Finnigan or other major firms is relatively large. They have no need for OCI.

The evening students left over, that have day jobs potentially unrelated to law, have no had opportunities to do internships or get any other legal experience. Therefore, when choosing between a 3.4 3LE with no experience and 3.4 2L who summered at DOJ, I think it's a pretty clear choice.

yeah, that must be it. those of us that are PT have this problem. i'm going to be lucky to get my job to even give me a leave for 2012 summer (assuming that I even have an internship to take).