and I'm gonna guess that there are probably about eight thousand applicantsTiago Splitter wrote:You're assuming incorrectly that NYC has disproportionately more applicants. This often isn't the case. NYC has about 2,000 biglaw SA's.guano wrote:Other markets don't have anywhere near as many applicants, so your statement is weird.wiz wrote:NYC is generally less selective than wtv your home market is because other markets don't have nearly as many jobs (like Atlanta).
If 5 people are applying for the 1 biglaw job in Bumblefuck, Iowa, that doesn't mean it's more selective than if 10,000 people are applying for 1,000 jobs in NYC
(15 law schools in the area, a large contingent of the roughly 4000 students at the rest of the T14 students, let's say another 2000, plus probably a good 2,000 from various other schools, though to be fair I'm just guessing)
But yeah, there are probably more jobs per applicant in NY than most other markets