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CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by caesor » Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:02 am

Found a few threads from past years, but nothing for this year's application.

I'm just curious how long peoples' personal statements are. The word limit is 1000, but it's getting difficult to reach that limit...

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:39 am

I'm not even gonna try to hit that.

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Post by zot1 » Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:41 am

Not reaching the limit is fine. The whole point is that you don't go over it.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:28 pm

This is, supposedly, the week. Any news?

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:48 pm

I haven't heard anything but looking at earlier years' threads it looks like "early November" often extends past November 15. So we've got time.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:38 pm

Just got the email ding. Tough blow, this was my top choice. Good luck to those moving forward!

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Post by zot1 » Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:52 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Just got the email ding. Tough blow, this was my top choice. Good luck to those moving forward!
What division?

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Post by Anonymous User » Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:54 pm

zot1 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Just got the email ding. Tough blow, this was my top choice. Good luck to those moving forward!
What division?
I applied for SG and Civil. Email did not mention either but I assume it's both.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:11 pm

Still nothing here... I hope a response comes soon. It would be really nice to know one way or another.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:29 pm

Are they sending out responses based on when they received application materials? Sorry for asking, but when did you submit your materials, anon?

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Anonymous User wrote:Are they sending out responses based on when they received application materials? Sorry for asking, but when did you submit your materials, anon?
This is rejected anon. My app was postmarked the last day. It is weird that I was apparently the only person in the world rejected, but I guess they wanted to clear some deadwood before making final decisions on who to interview.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

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Anonymous User wrote:Are they sending out responses based on when they received application materials? Sorry for asking, but when did you submit your materials, anon?
This is rejected anon. My app was postmarked the last day. It is weird that I was apparently the only person in the world rejected, but I guess they wanted to clear some deadwood before making final decisions on who to interview.
Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm the anon who said that she hadn't heard back above, and it might be that they reviewed the SG apps first, or that the Civil division is more on top of things. I applied for the Public Rights division.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by zot1 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:06 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Are they sending out responses based on when they received application materials? Sorry for asking, but when did you submit your materials, anon?
This is rejected anon. My app was postmarked the last day. It is weird that I was apparently the only person in the world rejected, but I guess they wanted to clear some deadwood before making final decisions on who to interview.
Please don't take it like this. Hiring is often a crapshoot because it's hard to distinguish who would be a good candidate. Also, depending on who's assigned to the hiring, that person might care more about things like school ranking when someone else might care more about relevant experience.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

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zot1 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Are they sending out responses based on when they received application materials? Sorry for asking, but when did you submit your materials, anon?
This is rejected anon. My app was postmarked the last day. It is weird that I was apparently the only person in the world rejected, but I guess they wanted to clear some deadwood before making final decisions on who to interview.
Please don't take it like this. Hiring is often a crapshoot because it's hard to distinguish who would be a good candidate. Also, depending on who's assigned to the hiring, that person might care more about things like school ranking when someone else might care more about relevant experience.

Just keep hustling and something will come along.
Lol sorry for my emo post. I actually got a decent offer elsewhere, just sucks to miss such a great opportunity...

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by zot1 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:51 pm

That's awesome, dude. Congrats! And you know, if you really want to work for CAAG, they do have openings for attorneys from time to time.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Nov 29, 2016 4:58 pm

Has anyone received an interview offer yet? I still haven't heard anything, nor heard of anyone actually getting a response asking for an interview.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:21 pm

What a bizarre hiring process.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:24 pm

Got email requesting an interview today.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:33 pm

Congrats!! That's awesome!!! Would you mind sharing when you applied and what your first choice for placement was?

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:56 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Congrats!! That's awesome!!! Would you mind sharing when you applied and what your first choice for placement was?
I applied right before the deadline, in the Public Rights division. The email didn't specify whether I was interviewing with a particular division.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:38 pm

Anyone else hear anything? Wondering if it would be make sense to check in and express continued interest in the program.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:48 pm

I also got interview offer the same day as other Anon.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:57 pm

From what I could tell from the emails I got, it sounded as if they are doing one day of interviews on Dec. 20th. I'm not sure if they'll be doing more rounds of interviews later on after the holidays.

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:09 pm

:cry: I guess I should drastically readjust my expectations at this point, since I haven't heard a word from them since I submitted my materials :cry:

Good luck with the interviews everyone!

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Re: CA Attorney General Honors Program

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:58 pm

I was rejected from normal honors and invited to interview for SG. Also on 12/20.

Seriously? What are you waiting for?

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