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applelover · Post by **applelover** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:31 pm

Instinctive wrote:Just got mine today as well from Dean Perry.

Same.

mylifeis24 · Post by **mylifeis24** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:46 pm

scoobers wrote:
Is anyone here doing Columbia-[nyu]-chi back-to-back-(to-back)? I'd love to coordinate flights with people since we'd be getting in so late.

Ya, I'm flying out of NY Thursday afternoon around 4PM to Chicago.

FuriousDuck · Post by **FuriousDuck** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:27 pm

Kimikho · Post by **Kimikho** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:39 pm

I'm leaving around 8:30 PM and landing around ten, I think, on Thursday. PM me for airports since there are six possible combinations here

barrelofmonkeys · Post by **barrelofmonkeys** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:48 am

Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.

¿ today ?

jingosaur · Post by **jingosaur** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:43 am

barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

cotiger · Post by **cotiger** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:12 pm

jingosaur wrote:
barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

Looks like the scholly emails didn't come until 7pm central time last go around.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:37 pm

jingosaur wrote:
barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

KatyMarie · Post by **KatyMarie** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:16 pm

Trig wrote:
jingosaur wrote:
barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

paglababa · Post by **paglababa** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:39 pm

Still no word about scholarships for me. Got accepted during the last Feb wave.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:04 pm

Scholarships were out by this time for the last batch. Hopefully we will hear something soon.

bball1996 · Post by **bball1996** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:05 am

Has anybody gone to one of the admitted student-alumni receptions? I just realized the invites don't mention the dress level. I'm assuming it's business attire (i.e. suit and tie), but maybe that's over-doing it. I'm looking forward to meeting everybody at either the reception or ASW.

barrelofmonkeys · Post by **barrelofmonkeys** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:22 am

Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.

¿ today ?

KatyMarie · Post by **KatyMarie** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:21 am

barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

jingosaur · Post by **jingosaur** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:47 am

KatyMarie wrote:
barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

Trig · Post by **Trig** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:57 am

KatyMarie wrote:
barrelofmonkeys wrote:
Leo wrote:
Leo wrote:I have it on good authority that scholarship offers will start going out on 3/7 for EDs and those admitted in the 1/25 wave, 3/17 for those admitted in the 2/21 wave.
¿ today ?

paglababa · Post by **paglababa** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:18 am

Good authority eh? Doesn't seem so good...

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:58 am

paglababa wrote:Good authority eh? Doesn't seem so good...

Well it was spot on for the first round of offers. Hopefully they'll catch up.

Ricky-Bobby · Post by **Ricky-Bobby** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:07 pm

Class of 2013 employment data looks even better than the Class of 2012, at least for my goals. Sorry, AIII seekers.

Full-time, long-term, bar passage required took a slight hit: 92.6% (199/215) vs. 94.9% (204/215) in 2012, but there are twice as many JD Advantage jobs represented (8 vs. 4), and the small sample size shows. Those damn graduate degree seekers screwed everything up (3 in 2013 vs. 1 in 2012).

The large firm (101+ attorneys) numbers look good: 62.3% (134/215) vs. 56.3% (121/215) in 2012.

Federal Clerkships took a hit: 10.2% (22/215) vs. 14.9% (32/215) in 2012.

Overall, 'desirable' outcomes (101+ firms and AIII clerkships) rose: 72.6% (156/215) vs. 71.2% (153/215) in 2012.

Obviously all of these swings seem more dramatic given UChi's small class sizes, but the important thing to note is the employment options are still stellar.

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:14 pm

Leo wrote:
paglababa wrote:Good authority eh? Doesn't seem so good...
Well it was spot on for the first round of offers. Hopefully they'll catch up.

I've been getting a lot of PMs about my "good authority," so here it is: I was at an admitted student event and someone from the financial aid office gave us those dates.

Let It Roll · Post by **Let It Roll** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:21 pm

Ricky-Bobby wrote:Class of 2013 employment data looks even better than the Class of 2012, at least for my goals. Sorry, AIII seekers.

Full-time, long-term, bar passage required took a slight hit: 92.6% (199/215) vs. 94.9% (204/215) in 2012, but there are twice as many JD Advantage jobs represented (8 vs. 4), and the small sample size shows. Those damn graduate degree seekers screwed everything up (3 in 2013 vs. 1 in 2012).

The large firm (101+ attorneys) numbers look good: 62.3% (134/215) vs. 56.3% (121/215) in 2012.

Federal Clerkships took a hit: 10.2% (22/215) vs. 14.9% (32/215) in 2012.

Overall, 'desirable' outcomes (101+ firms and AIII clerkships) rose: 72.6% (156/215) vs. 71.2% (153/215) in 2012.

Obviously all of these swings seem more dramatic given UChi's small class sizes, but the important thing to note is the employment options are still stellar.

I was happy to see things have gotten better.

I've read that Chicago does really well with small litigation boutiques. Those jobs wouldn't be represented in the biglaw figure because of the firm size. Is there any way to account for that?

Ricky-Bobby · Post by **Ricky-Bobby** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:46 pm

Let It Roll wrote:
Ricky-Bobby wrote:Class of 2013 employment data looks even better than the Class of 2012, at least for my goals. Sorry, AIII seekers.

Full-time, long-term, bar passage required took a slight hit: 92.6% (199/215) vs. 94.9% (204/215) in 2012, but there are twice as many JD Advantage jobs represented (8 vs. 4), and the small sample size shows. Those damn graduate degree seekers screwed everything up (3 in 2013 vs. 1 in 2012).

The large firm (101+ attorneys) numbers look good: 62.3% (134/215) vs. 56.3% (121/215) in 2012.

Federal Clerkships took a hit: 10.2% (22/215) vs. 14.9% (32/215) in 2012.

Overall, 'desirable' outcomes (101+ firms and AIII clerkships) rose: 72.6% (156/215) vs. 71.2% (153/215) in 2012.

Obviously all of these swings seem more dramatic given UChi's small class sizes, but the important thing to note is the employment options are still stellar.
I was happy to see things have gotten better.

I've read that Chicago does really well with small litigation boutiques. Those jobs wouldn't be represented in the biglaw figure because of the firm size. Is there any way to account for that?

Without salary data paired with each job, I don't think it's possible to differentiate small law and market-paying boutiques. FWIW, there was a 96% salary response rate which yielded median and 75th percentile salaries of $160k. 25th percentile was up as well, at $60k+.

Let It Roll · Post by **Let It Roll** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:59 pm

Without salary data paired with each job, I don't think it's possible to differentiate small law and market-paying boutiques. FWIW, there was a 96% salary response rate which yielded median and 75th percentile salaries of $160k. 25th percentile was up as well, at $60k+.

Yea, I figured it would be difficult or impossible to account for with the information we have currently. In any case, the figures show last year's employment figures weren't a fluke.

barrelofmonkeys · Post by **barrelofmonkeys** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:34 pm

bust? jfc.

jingosaur · Post by **jingosaur** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:27 pm

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