Wachtell 1L Forum

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything?

[Anonymous User]

No one?

[Anonymous User]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

[Anonymous User]

Do you remember when you had the call back?

[YourCaptain]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

not OT but dear god if you didnt get it who does.

[Anonymous User]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

not OT but dear god if you didnt get it who does.

A girl from my CCN + BIGSTATEU undergrad did. K-JD too.

[Anonymous User]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

not OT but dear god if you didnt get it who does.

A girl from my CCN + BIGSTATEU undergrad did. K-JD too.

I think I know who this is... and her first semester GPA was above a 4.0 (multiple A+s). So, if you have a 4.0+ first semester GPA, Wachtell is less picky about WE/undergrad.

[Anonymous User]

Not to scare you guys, but I also had a callback last year and didn't get it. HYS, HYP undergrad, Ivy advanced degree, WE, URM. Grades were something like top 25%. However my WE wasn't anything finance/corporate-related, and even now I tend to lean more toward litigation, so that may have had something to do with it. Also, one of the people I know who did get it went to a state school, and (I think) not one of the big ones, so things like that may not matter as much.

Good luck to those applying!

[Anonymous User]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

not OT but dear god if you didnt get it who does.

A girl from my CCN + BIGSTATEU undergrad did. K-JD too.

I think I know who this is... and her first semester GPA was above a 4.0 (multiple A+s). So, if you have a 4.0+ first semester GPA, Wachtell is less picky about WE/undergrad.

Not thinking of the same person then

[Anonymous User]

Connections matter a great deal with Wachtell 1L SAs. I've known relatively unimpressive resumes to get a spot of they can get someone at Wachtell or formerly at Wachtell to put in a word.

[Anonymous User]

I had a callback with them for a 1L position last year. I ultimately didn't get the job, I don't think they care much about grades, it's more about WE/School than anything else. FYI I was HYS+HYP undergrad, worked at Lazard for a couple years, and am a URM. Good luck though

not OT but dear god if you didnt get it who does.

A girl from my CCN + BIGSTATEU undergrad did. K-JD too.

I know who you're talking about and I'll just say there were mad, mad connections involved there, so hopeful 1Ls probably shouldn't get their hopes up.

[HITeacher2]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

[eliekedourie]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

Yes. And the easiest way to be elected president is to win a majority of the electoral votes.

[005618502]

Not to scare you guys, but I also had a callback last year and didn't get it. HYS, HYP undergrad, Ivy advanced degree, WE, URM. Grades were something like top 25%. However my WE wasn't anything finance/corporate-related, and even now I tend to lean more toward litigation, so that may have had something to do with it. Also, one of the people I know who did get it went to a state school, and (I think) not one of the big ones, so things like that may not matter as much.

Good luck to those applying!

Haha you also have to be able to communicate well with others. Ivy degree after Ivy degree isn't going to do it. Know one person who went to my UG and CCN law who got it. I have a feeling communication skills and looks have a lot to do with it.

[Old Gregg]

Not to scare you guys, but I also had a callback last year and didn't get it. HYS, HYP undergrad, Ivy advanced degree, WE, URM. Grades were something like top 25%. However my WE wasn't anything finance/corporate-related, and even now I tend to lean more toward litigation, so that may have had something to do with it. Also, one of the people I know who did get it went to a state school, and (I think) not one of the big ones, so things like that may not matter as much.

Good luck to those applying!

Haha you also have to be able to communicate well with others. Ivy degree after Ivy degree isn't going to do it. Know one person who went to my UG and CCN law who got it. I have a feeling communication skills and looks have a lot to do with it.

LOL the people I know who got it have neither.

[Old Gregg]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

Wrong. Easiest way is SEO.

[Anonymous User]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

Wrong. Easiest way is SEO.

GTFO of here. SEO has 70+ people, with likely over 90% going to HYSCCN. Wachtell has 6 positions, and they're not going to take 6 SEOs... just not going to happen.

[Anonymous User]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

Wrong. Easiest way is SEO.

Plus they already take SEOs as 0Ls.

[Guchster]

Has anyone heard anything?

Not yet

Just a confirmation email and a reminder to send grades.

[Old Gregg]

The easiest way to get into Wachtell 1L is to work as a consultant at McKinsey or BCG, or as an investment banker Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan, then go to HYS for law school.

Wrong. Easiest way is SEO.

GTFO of here. SEO has 70+ people, with likely over 90% going to HYSCCN. Wachtell has 6 positions, and they're not going to take 6 SEOs... just not going to happen.

LOL I never said they took six SEOs.

[Anonymous User]

False re: SEO, I was an SEO and they didn't necessarily make returning 1L offers to their 0L SEOs. Also, it's a bit silly to freak out about not getting Wachtell as a 1L, because not only are you NOT even in the running for a full-time offer, but the 1L program also precludes you from returning as a 2L. Better to go for it as a 2L if you actually want to work there.

[Anonymous User]

but the 1L program also precludes you from returning as a 2L.

I know somebody who worked there during 1L (Summer 2010) and during 2L (Summer 2011).

[Anonymous User]

I know somebody who worked there during 1L (Summer 2010) and during 2L (Summer 2011).

Did the person return for the entire 2L summer, or just a couple of weeks after doing a summer program somewhere else? Did the person get an offer to return as a full time associate?

[Old Gregg]

I'm not sure that being a 1L summer associate "precludes" you from being a 2L summer associate there. I'm pretty sure that 1L summer associates have to bid and interview just like everyone else, though.

[Anonymous User]

I know somebody who worked there during 1L (Summer 2010) and during 2L (Summer 2011).

Did the person return for the entire 2L summer, or just a couple of weeks after doing a summer program somewhere else? Did the person get an offer to return as a full time associate?

She spent the entire 2L summer there and I believe did get an offer.