Just trying to work out my ED strategy in september

Everything I see about Penn's I like, while NYU seems to be more questionable. I don't know where the TLS "CCN MVP" thing came from but I really don't see the sense in it unless it's more just a relic of the past or something.

Penn seems to have top notch placement numbers, both in clerkships and biglaw.. only thing that is a little scary at Penn is from this thread:
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seems that if you miss out on big law at Penn you might be trouble.. whereas below median at some schools, like Michigan (because of their LRAP,) might not be in as much trouble. However NYU hasn't released this data at all, so it's hard to compare the two against each other I think.

Add in the fact that NYU has the crazy COL and in general less scholarship money, is there any good reason to favor NYU over Penn? I'm just legitimately curious if there is a big positive to this T6 school VS a T7 school that I've missed in my reading so far.

Do you want biglaw, and, if so, where do you want to work?

THE COMBINATION LITERALLY KILLS THINGS.

Yes I am hoping to spend a while in Biglaw, and at this point hoping to transition into a small firm/entrepreneurship after paying off loans and building up some capital. Obviously a 0L plan so that could totally change once I am in school. Taking the patent bar summer between UG and LS if that matters at all.

In a perfect world, I would like to get back to California.. have ties to SF Bay but LA is aite too.. I realize the market here sucks though so I'd be happy with NYC or other big city BigLaw if getting back to cali would be tough

Wow, this thread has kept trucking for a long time. Very cool.

I apologize if this question has been asked, but I will be going to law school next year and I have a wife who is very particular about where she likes to live. She hates the big city feel with crowded streets, graffiti and random shady looking people everywhere. She would love nice parks (especially dog friendly) , a good art community, and convenient, close utilities (like not having to drive through crazy traffic for a grocery store). How does Penn fit into these categories? I obv understand it IS in a big city, but I know some big cities have places where there is a small town feel (like the Wrigleyville/Boystown area in Chicago).

Penn itself is across the river from center city in an area called university city. UC is essentially Penn and Drexel's campuses. Both schools do a good job of presenting themselves well. While it definitely would still be called an "urban setting" there is also plenty of green and open space. In my opinion it doesn't really have the big city feel.

Are you deadset on living right next to the school? If not, you may want to looking into living by the Ben Franklin Parkway, like Franklintown or something. It's definitely more airy and spread out, plus you would be right by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Barnes Collection, as well as the start of Fairmount Park. There's also a Whole Foods around there.

Can anyone help clarify how bidding works...so we just number firms 1 to x based on the order in which we would prefer to interview with them? How low do we bid until? 20? I could not find instructions on the OCI site.

Hmm, this is fantastic information. No I'm not dead set on living right next to the school, but there's a chance we'll only have one car so within biking distance, or extremely reliable and convenient public transportation would be a necessity.
My wife's favorite grocery store is Whole Foods, so she'll be happy about that. Thanks for the info!

Can anyone help clarify how bidding works...so we just number firms 1 to x based on the order in which we would prefer to interview with them? How low do we bid until? 20? I could not find instructions on the OCI site.

Go to the OCI site, on the last line of the large red bold letters at the top, click on "click here for an introduction."

You get 60 bids, you rank them based on your analysis. The computer run it through a process and spits out a bunch of screening interviews for you. If you do it right, you may get up to 20 interviews from the 60 bids. If are not careful you may get as low as 10 interviews I suppose.

There are 80 bids young padawan.

Hmm, this is fantastic information. No I'm not dead set on living right next to the school, but there's a chance we'll only have one car so within biking distance, or extremely reliable and convenient public transportation would be a necessity.
My wife's favorite grocery store is Whole Foods, so she'll be happy about that. Thanks for the info!