HLS 2012 EIP Thread Forum

[Anonymous User]

Anyone get offers in the Chicago market other than Jenner?

Skadden, Winston, Mayer, and Sidley.

Skadden, same day
Winston, next day
Mayer and Sidley, two day later
Ding at K&E

Sorry about Kirkland, but can I ask when your cb was and how you got the ding (email/mail)?

Offer from Kirkland today via snail mail and phone call. CB early week 2

[Anonymous User]

Offer from Ropes NY

[Anonymous User]

Bingham Boston offer. Callback early week 1.

[Anonymous User]

STILL no Paul Weiss DC??

[Anonymous User]

STILL no Paul Weiss DC??

I know for a fact that they've given at least some offers, I think over the past day or two.

[Anonymous User]

STILL no Paul Weiss DC??

I know for a fact that they've given at least some offers, I think over the past day or two.

Also, last Friday.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone get offers in the Chicago market other than Jenner?

Skadden, Winston, Mayer, and Sidley.

Skadden, same day
Winston, next day
Mayer and Sidley, two day later
Ding at K&E

Sorry about Kirkland, but can I ask when your cb was and how you got the ding (email/mail)?

cb first week after EIP, ding through snail mail.

[Anonymous User]

HLS 1 L here.

Do we have a general sense of how this year ended up? See a lot of happy posters, but difficult to tell without knowing where in the class posters were and what they were looking for. All in all a pretty good year?

[Anonymous User]

HLS 1 L here.

Do we have a general sense of how this year ended up? See a lot of happy posters, but difficult to tell without knowing where in the class posters were and what they were looking for. All in all a pretty good year?

I know two people who struck out.

[Anonymous User]

I know 1 person who struck out. My somewhat limited impression is that things are slightly more difficult than last year across the board.

*Before people call me out for spewing anecdotal BS, that's basically what OP was asking for.

[Anonymous User]

It went worse than I thought it would for a lot of people, and I went in fairly pessimistic. Though I don't know too many people who flat out struck out, I do several who came fairly close, and a decent number of people who aren't that happy with the firm they ended up with (though they're grateful to have gotten something at all).

[Anonymous User]

HLS 1 L here.

Do we have a general sense of how this year ended up? See a lot of happy posters, but difficult to tell without knowing where in the class posters were and what they were looking for. All in all a pretty good year?

I know 2 people who got pwned, both for bidding poorly. I know 2 who got stuck in NYC not by choice.

[Anonymous User]

It went worse than I thought it would for a lot of people, and I went in fairly pessimistic. Though I don't know too many people who flat out struck out, I do several who came fairly close, and a decent number of people who aren't that happy with the firm they ended up with (though they're grateful to have gotten something at all).

I found it varied a lot person to person, given similar circumstances, and did not correlate with grades as strongly as I expected. In particular, the people I know with work experience absolutely cleaned up. TBF, though, I haven't talked to a huge amount of people about jobs yet.

[Anonymous User]

It went worse than I thought it would for a lot of people, and I went in fairly pessimistic. Though I don't know too many people who flat out struck out, I do several who came fairly close, and a decent number of people who aren't that happy with the firm they ended up with (though they're grateful to have gotten something at all).

I found it varied a lot person to person, given similar circumstances, and did not correlate with grades as strongly as I expected. In particular, the people I know with work experience absolutely cleaned up. TBF, though, I haven't talked to a huge amount of people about jobs yet.

It does vary. Personally, I had average grades and was nervous about interviewing skills and appearance. Was really excited to get a shit ton of callbacks, but disappointed with a small number of offers.

[Anonymous User]

Agree with what everyone else has said. I think it was somewhat worse than last year.

[Anonymous User]

I'd say that people I knew with phenomenal grades and/or law review did as well as expected. I saw people with strong, but not phenomenal, grades do poorly, though. It seems that if you don't hit the sweet spot of safety in terms of grades, then they start to wash out and other factors come into play. This is just conjecture, though, and I could be very wrong. I'd have to see actual data to be anywhere near certain, and we'll never get that.

[Anonymous User]

On a more positive note- everyone that I know did very well and had a healthy choice of firms. And, a few (including myself) out performed our grades. I'm sure there are people who didn't do as well as they would have liked (as indicated ITT) but that could be from a combination of factors.

[Anonymous User]

I'd say that people I knew with phenomenal grades and/or law review did as well as expected. I saw people with strong, but not phenomenal, grades do poorly, though. It seems that if you don't hit the sweet spot of safety in terms of grades, then they start to wash out and other factors come into play. This is just conjecture, though, and I could be very wrong. I'd have to see actual date to be anywhere near certain, and we'll never get that.

I'd agree with this.
(Though I know one guy on law review who got a lot of callbacks, but not a ton of offers)

[Anonymous User]

I'd say that people I knew with phenomenal grades and/or law review did as well as expected. I saw people with strong, but not phenomenal, grades do poorly, though. It seems that if you don't hit the sweet spot of safety in terms of grades, then they start to wash out and other factors come into play. This is just conjecture, though, and I could be very wrong. I'd have to see actual data to be anywhere near certain, and we'll never get that.

I agree with this. Was at median-ish, and saw people with similar "softs" but better grades clean up. Also saw people with worse grades and better "softs" do better than I did. I myself didn't do as well as I had hoped in terms of options, though I'm happy with the firm I'll end up at.
Note: When you're comparing callbacks/offers and your friends have 17/13 and you have 5/2, you feel like a loser. When the dust settles and your friend is going to Paul Weiss and you're going to Cahill, it's NBD.

[Anonymous User]

Was DC still a tough egg to crack? How many around Median were able to snag something in DC?

[Anonymous User]

Was DC still a tough egg to crack? How many around Median were able to snag something in DC?

Got DC with below median (ultimately accepted an offer in another city).. had relevant experience/knowledge to certain DC regulatory practices though

[Anonymous User]

Was DC still a tough egg to crack? How many around Median were able to snag something in DC?

Got DC with way below median (ultimately accepted an offer in another city).. had relevant experience/knowledge to certain DC regulatory practices though

DC was tough this year.

[Anonymous User]

I got the complete opposite impression of the doom and gloom in this thread. Know multiple people with top offers that have below median grades. It really comes down to personality and how you click with your interviewer. It's kind of disheartening how random the whole process is.

[Anonymous User]

Was DC still a tough egg to crack? How many around Median were able to snag something in DC?

Got DC with way below median (ultimately accepted an offer in another city).. had relevant experience/knowledge to certain DC regulatory practices though

DC was tough this year.

I have above median grades and almost struck out after bidding exclusively on DC.

[Anonymous User]

I got the complete opposite impression of the doom and gloom in this thread. Know multiple people with top offers that have below median grades. It really comes down to personality and how you click with your interviewer. It's kind of disheartening how random the whole process is.

what are top offers and what are below median grades? we talking straight Ps going to V10? or a few Hs going to V30?
Everyone I know with 0-2Ps are going to V60-V100 firms (6 or 7 people), but could just be the people I know.