2012 NU OCI Forum

[Anonymous User]

3.4 - 3.5 GPA
13 Chicago screeners, all big firms
3 CBs, 4 dings, waiting to hear from the other 6.

I feel very lucky to have my 3 CBs and I'm not expecting to get any more.

[Anonymous User]

How/why do you know so many of your friends' GPAs?

We'll say I know ranges. Because these folks are fairly close and we celebrate eachother's wins. We aren't sharing transcripts or anything, just general ranges, as we have all freaked out at different parts of OCI.

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard back from bingham mccutchen boston?

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard back from bingham mccutchen boston?

Not me.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard anything from K&L or SNR here in chicago?

How about V&E or Baker Botts in any of the Texas locales?

[Anonymous User]

complete silence with k&l gates. thought the interview went really well too...

[Anonymous User]

sherman sterling ny?
complete silence for me. i thought i did pretty well. i even heard back on the thank u note (thought this was a good sign)
any one heard back?

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard back from bingham mccutchen boston?

Not me.

me neither

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard back from bingham mccutchen boston?

Not me.

me neither

+1. Anyone has heard from Goodwin?

[IAFG]

How/why do you know so many of your friends' GPAs?

We'll say I know ranges. Because these folks are fairly close and we celebrate eachother's wins. We aren't sharing transcripts or anything, just general ranges, as we have all freaked out at different parts of OCI.

I know this will be hard to believe, but it's actually pretty common for people to lie or mislead. Lie? About grades? I know, it's hard to imagine. I even know of someone who lied about having a 3.9 when in reality they had a 3.8. You'd think that they'd be proud enough with reality, but alas.

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard back from bingham mccutchen boston?

Not me.

me neither

+1. Anyone has heard from Goodwin?

Goodwin Email Ding
3.65-3.75

[Lieut Kaffee]

How/why do you know so many of your friends' GPAs?

We'll say I know ranges. Because these folks are fairly close and we celebrate eachother's wins. We aren't sharing transcripts or anything, just general ranges, as we have all freaked out at different parts of OCI.

I know this will be hard to believe, but it's actually pretty common for people to lie or mislead. Lie? About grades? I know, it's hard to imagine. I even know of someone who lied about having a 3.9 when in reality they had a 3.8. You'd think that they'd be proud enough with reality, but alas.

I don't like Flips's tone. You're more than welcome to be uber super private about grades and guard them like Fort Knox and never touch on the subject around another human being (many Nlaw-ers are like this), but a group of friends who are perfectly comfortable knowing each other's grades is nothing to sneer at.

[Anonymous User]

News from Allen & Overy anyone?

[Anonymous User]

News from Allen & Overy anyone?

Crickets. I think they're still celebrating the Diamond Jubilee

[Anonymous User]

Goodwin Email Ding
3.65-3.75

Which office? Anybody hear from Goodwin DC?

[Anonymous User]

News from Allen & Overy anyone?

Crickets. I think they're still celebrating the Diamond Jubilee

Lol. I hadn't considered that possibility. Hopefully, we're both still in the running.

[Anonymous User]

so no one heard from sherman sterling ny?
now this is getting my hopes up ...

[Anonymous User]

I haven't heard from Shearman & Sterling either and also feel like the interview went well. The interviewer told me to expect to hear back from him in about a week though, which seemed like an uncomfortably long wait for an NYC firm...

Has anyone else heard anything? Feeling really impatient :-/.

[Anonymous User]

Silence from Shearman for me too.

[Anonymous User]

FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS?

[Anonymous User]

3.4 - 3.5 GPA
13 Chicago screeners, all big firms
3 CBs, 4 dings, waiting to hear from the other 6.

I feel very lucky to have my 3 CBs and I'm not expecting to get any more.

That's impressive (and depressing).

[Anonymous User]

Is it safe to assume that callbacks are over? I imagine pretty much every firm would have done it by now.

[bk1]

Is it safe to assume that callbacks are over? I imagine pretty much every firm would have done it by now.

No.

[Anonymous User]

Is it safe to assume that callbacks are over? I imagine pretty much every firm would have done it by now.

No, not safe to assume that. Some big NYC firms will move fast, but others are slow. I remember I scheduled my callbacks over the last week of August and the first week of September, and half my callbacks came in while I was traveling. I think one or two came in shortly after the trip. These late callbacks were all big firms in NYC and Chicago, places like MWE, Latham, Foley, etc.

This does not mean wait and see what happens until mid-September. Hustle until you get an offer, but be prepared to have callbacks coming in over the next couple of weeks.

[Anonymous User]

Now that OCI first round callbacks are presumably out here is my list. 3.6 GPA bidding Chicago and New York.

Chicago CBs: Latham, Winston, Chapman, Katten, Mayer, Kirkland, MWE

Rejections Chicago: Schiff, Jenner, Skadden

Crickets Chicago: Sidley, Foley, Quarles,

New York Callbacks: Cadwalader, Weil, Dechert,

Crickets NY: S&C

Rejection NY: Cravath