USC / UCLA OCI 2012

[071816]

I haven't heard back from Sheppard Mullin LA since the screener. Fucking weird.

[Anonymous User]

Well, I guess OCI is pretty much done. I have a feeling this year was more competitive that last year.

What's your basis for this assertion, good sir/madam?

[Anonymous User]

Well, I guess OCI is pretty much done. I have a feeling this year was more competitive that last year.

What's your basis for this assertion, good sir/madam?

I underperformed my numbers (top 1/3, although I did have some interviewing problems), I know people on LR that struck out, and people on LR with 1 offer.

[Anonymous User]

I haven't heard back from Sheppard Mullin LA since the screener. Fucking weird.

I got my snail mail ding after screener long ago. But at this point if you didn't get a callback after a screener, they prob forgot or it got lost in the mail.

I emailed two firms, which didn't get back to me after screener, that I wanted to see if I can get a callback interview with before I accept another firm's offer. Got email rejections within the hour.

[Anonymous User]

Well, I guess OCI is pretty much done. I have a feeling this year was more competitive that last year.

What's your basis for this assertion, good sir/madam?

I underperformed my numbers (top 1/3, although I did have some interviewing problems), I know people on LR that struck out, and people on LR with 1 offer.

Was this not the case last year?

[Anonymous User]

Well, I guess OCI is pretty much done. I have a feeling this year was more competitive that last year.

What's your basis for this assertion, good sir/madam?

I underperformed my numbers (top 1/3, although I did have some interviewing problems), I know people on LR that struck out, and people on LR with 1 offer.

Was this not the case last year?

Class sizes were also a little smaller

[Anonymous User]

Any word on offers from Holland and Knight (LA)?

I just got a snail mail ding from HK in SF. My CB was over a month ago.

[Anonymous User]

Seems like almost everything is settled now?

Anyone else screwed?

[Anonymous User]

Seems like almost everything is settled now?

Anyone else screwed?

Just got another CB with a V100 firm, and one last week with a NALP firm, after basically striking out at OCI. Keep trying!

[Anonymous User]

Seems like almost everything is settled now?

Anyone else screwed?

Just got another CB with a V100 firm, and one last week with a NALP firm, after basically striking out at OCI. Keep trying!

In LA? Mass mail or resume drops?

[Anonymous User]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

[Anonymous User]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

Hmm, that's encouraging, I guess.

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

[Anonymous User]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

Hmm, that's encouraging, I guess.

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

There are plenty of firms that are still looking. Keep mass mailing. Also, apply to firms in secondary markets where you have ties. I got a few CBs this way. Don't focus solely on LA if you can avoid it. The LA market is competitive as fuck.

[Lasers]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

Hmm, that's encouraging, I guess.

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

There are plenty of firms that are still looking. Keep mass mailing. Also, apply to firms in secondary markets where you have ties. I got a few CBs this way. Don't focus solely on LA if you can avoid it. The LA market is competitive as fuck.

well my secondary is SF...which is probably in far worse shape than LA.

[Anonymous User]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

Hmm, that's encouraging, I guess.

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

There are plenty of firms that are still looking. Keep mass mailing. Also, apply to firms in secondary markets where you have ties. I got a few CBs this way. Don't focus solely on LA if you can avoid it. The LA market is competitive as fuck.

well my secondary is SF...which is probably in far worse shape than LA.

True. I have decent ties to the bay and haven't been able to land a single interview there via mass mailing thus far.

[stoogesreal]

PM me if you go to UCLA and you need to sublet your place this summer, because you got a job elsewhere. and, congrats!

[Anonymous User]

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

Venable and Mayer Brown have interviewed people from resume books within the last week. Make sure you're signed up for all of the resume books. If you have a high GPA or Law Review or both, you should be a much rarer commodity at this point. If I hear of any more interviews being handed out I'll come back and post them. Good luck!

[Anonymous User]

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

Venable and Mayer Brown have interviewed people from resume books within the last week. Make sure you're signed up for all of the resume books. If you have a high GPA or Law Review or both, you should be a much rarer commodity at this point. If I hear of any more interviews being handed out I'll come back and post them. Good luck!

Wtf is a resume book?

[DildaMan]

It's definitely not over yet -- I know of at least three USC students who have gotten CBs over the last two weeks. Keep at it!

Hmm, that's encouraging, I guess.

I wish I knew which firms these were that were still looking.

There are plenty of firms that are still looking. Keep mass mailing. Also, apply to firms in secondary markets where you have ties. I got a few CBs this way. Don't focus solely on LA if you can avoid it. The LA market is competitive as fuck.

well my secondary is SF...which is probably in far worse shape than LA.

So true.

[Anonymous User]

Pisses me off that some OCI firms don't respond at all after the screening interview. Shitty etiquette.

[Anonymous User]

Pisses me off that some OCI firms don't respond at all after the screening interview. Shitty etiquette.

Tell me about it...

Anyone hear from Akin Gump recently?

[Anonymous User]

Anybody know of any major firms that still haven't filled their 2013 summer class?

[Anonymous User]

Anybody know of any major firms that still haven't filled their 2013 summer class?

I guess not.

[Anonymous User]

Akin still has a spot

[Anonymous User]

Were any USC people contacted by Akin Gump from their resume collect posting on symplicity?