Duke OCI - Class of 2016 - Oooh Kill Em Forum

[Anonymous User]

Is it true that you can only snag interviews on Saturday from firms that you bid but did not get? I am a little confused about the opt-in/open sign-up process

[Anonymous User]

Is it true that you can only snag interviews on Saturday from firms that you bid but did not get? I am a little confused about the opt-in/open sign-up process

Yeah I don't know how it works either, where did you hear that?

[Anonymous User]

Is it true that you can only snag interviews on Saturday from firms that you bid but did not get? I am a little confused about the opt-in/open sign-up process

You can opt in for any you want. Doesn't matter if you bid them.

[Anonymous User]

I know OCI for below median kids is bleak...so there is a very real possibility to have 15 interviews and get 0 callbacks??

[Anonymous User]

I know OCI for below median kids is bleak...so there is a very real possibility to have 15 interviews and get 0 callbacks??

Obviously it depends on who you are interviewing with, but generally, yes. I strongly suggest mass-mailing like a mofo.

[Anonymous User]

14 screeners but most are from my top 10 and are in my strike zone

[Anonymous User]

16 screeners here

[Anonymous User]

18 screeners but some of them are from 25-30 (aka never going to happen)...did you guys get any of those/are you going to drop them?

[Anonymous User]

Really happy to get my top 10, but looking at the estimated 2L slots . . .

[Anonymous User]

I got 19. I only bid 7 NY though.

[Anonymous User]

Got 13 NYC slots.

[Anonymous User]

17 total, including most of my top 10. Also got screeners for my last two bids. Thinking about cancelling because I'll never get an offer from either.

[Anonymous User]

Posting my hits and misses for future Duke students. My list is NYC-focused. Overall I'm pleased with the result because I managed to get a lot of really popular firms that are targets for me with the exception of Morgan Lewis.

If it's in bold, I got it. I clarified the city when bidding slots were divided by office.

1 Proskauer Rose
2 Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
3 Debevoise & Plimpton
4 Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
5 Simpson, Thacher, & Bartlett (NYC)
6 Cleary Gottlieb (NYC)
7 Paul Weiss (NYC)
8 Morgan Lewis (NYC)
9 Davis Polk & Wardwell (NYC)
10 Sidley Austin (NYC)
11 WilmerHale (NYC)
12 Weil, Gotshal & Manges (NYC)
13 Kirkland & Ellis (NYC)
14 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
15 Milbank Tweed
16 Allen & Overy (NYC)
17 Drinker, Biddle & Reath
18 O'Melveny & Myers (NYC)
19 Ballard Spahr
20 Freshfields (NYC)
21 hogan lovells (NYC)
22 Cadwalader (NYC)
23 White & Case
24 Paul Hastings (NYC)
25 Jones Day (NYC)
26 Dechert (NYC)
27 Morrison & Foerster LLP (NYC)
28 Bracewell & Giuliani (NYC)
29 Latham & Watkins (NYC)
30 Skadden (NYC)

16 Total

[Anonymous User]

Guess I'm going back to back to back to back on the Monday

[Anonymous User]

21 screeners, all of my top 13

[Anonymous User]

22 screeners, 18 NY & 4 CA.

Still fairly confused about opt-in / waitlist / open sign-up. Will those who have opted in (on offices they'd already bid) take precedence over those who waitlist that office? For offices that still have open slots, will those slots automatically be filled by people who have waitlisted that office when open sign-up begins?

[Anonymous User]

15 screeners. NYC. Slightly below median. How many callbacks should I expect? Rough estimate?

WE, been told I am a good interviewer if that means anything.

[Anonymous User]

Posting my hits and misses for future Duke students. My list is NYC-focused. Overall I'm pleased with the result because I managed to get a lot of really popular firms that are targets for me with the exception of Morgan Lewis.

If it's in bold, I got it. I clarified the city when bidding slots were divided by office.

1 Proskauer Rose
2 Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
3 Debevoise & Plimpton
4 Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
5 Simpson, Thacher, & Bartlett (NYC)
6 Cleary Gottlieb (NYC)
7 Paul Weiss (NYC)
8 Morgan Lewis (NYC)
9 Davis Polk & Wardwell (NYC)
10 Sidley Austin (NYC)
11 WilmerHale (NYC)
12 Weil, Gotshal & Manges (NYC)
13 Kirkland & Ellis (NYC)
14 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
15 Milbank Tweed
16 Allen & Overy (NYC)
17 Drinker, Biddle & Reath
18 O'Melveny & Myers (NYC)
19 Ballard Spahr
20 Freshfields (NYC)
21 Hogan Lovells (NYC)
22 Cadwalader (NYC)
23 White & Case
24 Paul Hastings (NYC)
25 Jones Day (NYC)
26 Dechert (NYC)
27 Morrison & Foerster LLP (NYC)
28 Bracewell & Giuliani (NYC)
29 Latham & Watkins (NYC)
30 Skadden (NYC)

16 Total

that's a sexy schedule, nice job. grades? I am starting to think I may have been too conservative, got 14 screeners bidding all new York and targeted firms that were in my strike zone (median). And whew, I moved Morgan Lewis from 8 to 7 like 10 mins before bid lists were due, probably stole your spot

[Anonymous User]

here is mine for future students, bolded means I got it. grades = barely above median, all NYC unless otherwise noted. 14 total, meh

1. Schulte Roth
2. Paul Hastings
3. Freshfields
4. Linklaters
5. hogan lovells
6. Morgan Lewis
7. White & Case (MIA)
8. k&L Gates
9. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost
10. Seward & Kissel
11. Bracewell
12. McDermott
13. Fried Frank
14. Lowenstein Sandler
15. Cahill Gordon
16. Allen & Overy
17. Proskauer
18. Shearman & Sterling
19. Orrick Herrington
20. Stroock Stroock
21. Baker & Hostetler
22. Baker Botts
23. Jones Day
24. Clifford Chance
25. Ropes Gray
26. Weil Gotshal
27. Holland & Knight (MIA)
28. Hunton Williams (MIA)
29. Cadwalader
30. Davis Polk (lol)

[Anonymous User]

12 screeners. Only bid NYC.

[Anonymous User]

15 all in New York, missed on Proskauer and Skadden but otherwise no complaints

[Anonymous User]

15 all in New York, missed Proskauer at 5 and Skadden at 8. Can't decide if I was overly aggressive... ~3.5 with screeners at Fried Frank, White Case, Bracewell, Shearman, McKool, Wilmer, Kirkland, O'Melveny, Simpson, Paul Weiss, Davis Polk, Weil, Debevoise Gibson and Cleary.

doesn't look too aggro, with a 3.5 you are in decent shape at all of those, cleary may be a bit of a reach but not ridiculous or anything

[Anonymous User]

Posting my hits and misses for future Duke students. My list is NYC-focused. Overall I'm pleased with the result because I managed to get a lot of really popular firms that are targets for me with the exception of Morgan Lewis.

If it's in bold, I got it. I clarified the city when bidding slots were divided by office.

1 Proskauer Rose
2 Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
3 Debevoise & Plimpton
4 Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
5 Simpson, Thacher, & Bartlett (NYC)
6 Cleary Gottlieb (NYC)
7 Paul Weiss (NYC)
8 Morgan Lewis (NYC)
9 Davis Polk & Wardwell (NYC)
10 Sidley Austin (NYC)
11 WilmerHale (NYC)
12 Weil, Gotshal & Manges (NYC)
13 Kirkland & Ellis (NYC)
14 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
15 Milbank Tweed
16 Allen & Overy (NYC)
17 Drinker, Biddle & Reath
18 O'Melveny & Myers (NYC)
19 Ballard Spahr
20 Freshfields (NYC)
21 Hogan Lovells (NYC)
22 Cadwalader (NYC)
23 White & Case
24 Paul Hastings (NYC)
25 Jones Day (NYC)
26 Dechert (NYC)
27 Morrison & Foerster LLP (NYC)
28 Bracewell & Giuliani (NYC)
29 Latham & Watkins (NYC)
30 Skadden (NYC)

16 Total

that's a sexy schedule, nice job. grades? I am starting to think I may have been too conservative, got 14 screeners bidding all new York and targeted firms that were in my strike zone (median). And whew, I moved Morgan Lewis from 8 to 7 like 10 mins before bid lists were due, probably stole your spot

Grades are estimated to be in the Top 20-25% range. I had a feeling I was gonna miss Morgan Lewis, and I will be trying to pick it up off the waitlist, but I don't think I can complain about my results overall.

15 all in New York, missed Proskauer at 5 and Skadden at 8. Can't decide if I was overly aggressive... ~3.5 with screeners at Fried Frank, White Case, Bracewell, Shearman, McKool, Wilmer, Kirkland, O'Melveny, Simpson, Paul Weiss, Davis Polk, Weil, Debevoise Gibson and Cleary.

doesn't look too aggro, with a 3.5 you are in decent shape at all of those, cleary may be a bit of a reach but not ridiculous or anything

I think it's on the aggressive side, but not crazy aggressive. A good interviewer, especially with some interesting work experience stands a shot at the upper end of that list, and a great shot at the bottom half.

[Anonymous User]

Will many firms auto ding you if you're below median?

It seems to me that everyone is clumped in the 3.2-3.4 range as it should be. Do firms really care about the difference between a 3.22 and a 3.38?

[Anonymous User]

^ Both people have to hustle and aren't in a position to be picky, but when everyone is clumped in the 3.2-3.4 range, the 3.22 is somewhere around bottom 30% and the 3.38 is somewhere around top 40%, meaning 30% of the class is between between them (these are all estimates, of course). So yea that's the difference between someone who's probably consistently towards the bottom in their classes versus someone who's generally around median, but more often above than below in their classes.