from the legal employment thread people were mentioning this and it made me wonder about if Hastings had this data:

does Hastings collect OCI data from previous years? like what ranked students got offers, etc? that would be insanely helpful, because everything i've read on this forum suggests that required/preferred gpa is mostly just so your firm doesn't look like it has no standards (that being said, if you have a 3.3 don't apply to a v20 obv lol)

my current strategy since i have decent but not good grades is to 1) apply for the bay area diversity career fair - and specifically bid on firms that A) aren't coming to hastings OCI so this is my main shot at them b) bid for reach firms (all firms are reach lawlz) that i could then re-bid at our OCI and not feel too bad about spending a bid on them.

then 2) at hastings OCI target firms that are top regional cali, v100, or firms that supposedly don't care too much about grades(MoFo, etc.) also, if they have interviews for multiple offices, Phil said that i could indicate on my cover letter that i was interested in all offices bc i was really interested in the firm, or something along those lines. (opinions on that being right?). if that isn't true, then i'll interview for the most unattractive office possible, to increase my chances. Phil also said that even though he tells students that, for some reason Hastings students overwhelmingly bid almost exclusively SF, not even Oakland.... also, if a firm is "preferred 25%" according to Phil, that means that they really entertain people down to median (you most likely wouldn't get hired obv) buuuuut you still have a shot at an interview. if it's "required x" you could still get an interview, but it's a lot more risky

wait, who's phil?

and mofo doesn't care about grades? a hastings counselor mentioned in passing they like top 10% (well obviously, who doesn't...but still she seemed to indicate that they were pretty grade selective) so i'm curious as to how low they'll go.

i'll look into whether or not hastings has the grades of people that got offers (and from who).

ugh...what do they do at career services, really?

thanks for the heads up.

ugh...what do they do at career services, really?

thanks for the heads up.

After first semester they told me I had great grades and a good shot at a firm job. I was ~20%.

So I'm guessing they give out a lot of hopeless optimism. JOBS FOR EVERYONE!

I asked why career services doesn't collect GPA ranges. They said they don't like doing that because it the GPA ranges become self-fulfilling. They'd rather have people take their chances, cause you never know. Annoying, but that was their explanation at least.

So are you guys going to any of the firm parties over the summer? Did you guys think the webinar was useful?

anyone else enroll yet?

i signed up for business transactions with lambert, then read the reviews. might be having a little bit of buyer's remorse...

anyone else thinking about taking the TLS advice to take a lighter load 2L fall to accommodate the potential for callbacks interfering with class? (lol, hubris, please don't kick my ass at OCI)

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