Mich OCI 2011 Forum

[Bronte]

It's not so much that I don't want to waste time researching firms I won't be interviewing with. It's that I would like to set up interviews with firms who I don't get slotted with, especially here in my home market.

Three weeks is ridic.

I think they'll come out pretty soon. Anybody know from last year?

I asked in the discuss you law school thread, and a 3L said we find out what firms we got the same time we get our schedule.

Hmm? Which schedule?

[starchinkilt]

It's not so much that I don't want to waste time researching firms I won't be interviewing with. It's that I would like to set up interviews with firms who I don't get slotted with, especially here in my home market.

Three weeks is ridic.

I think they'll come out pretty soon. Anybody know from last year?

I asked in the discuss you law school thread, and a 3L said we find out what firms we got the same time we get our schedule.

Hmm? Which schedule?

The schedule that pops up on symplicity the week before interviews.

[Bronte]

The schedule that pops up on symplicity the week before interviews.

Lame. Guess I'll be writing cheat sheets on 30 firms.

[goodolgil]

I wonder what the person with the 4.184 is doing these days...

[Anonymous User]

I wonder what the person with the 4.184 is doing these days...

where did u find the curve?

[Anonymous User]

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[Bronte]

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Yeeeesss?

[Anonymous User]

I wonder what the person with the 4.184 is doing these days...

Starting his or her own for-profit law school, Cooley II?

[tamlyric]

What is this about a 4.184?

[goodolgil]

What is this about a 4.184?

I was just referring to the OCI GPA report on the career services site. On a bunch of the most prestigious firms the "high GPA" is 4.184, so presumably this is the same person.

[starchinkilt]

OCP need to learn how to choose the subject line in e-mails better. I got excited for a second there.

[SweetrollStealer]

OCP need to learn how to choose the subject line in e-mails better. I got excited for a second there.

I have learned never to be excited about OCP emails.

[Bronte]

OCP need to learn how to choose the subject line in e-mails better. I got excited for a second there.

I have learned never to be excited about OCP emails.

Yeah that email did not deliver.

[existenz]

OCP's reasons for waiting until the 17th/18th are ridiculous.

1. "We start contacting those employers to see if they can add an interview room or otherwise accommodate all the students interested in interviewing with them. We don’t eliminate all oversubscribed schedules, of course, but every additional interview makes our efforts worthwhile."

So, they can't tell us which interviews we landed because other interview slots might become available? This is silly. All they have to do is give us our schedules, create "waiting lists" for firms that are oversubscribed, and then send us emails adding those interviews if the firm decides to add more slots. Other schools do it this way. In addition, if they released schedules earlier they could allow us to select open slots with firms that were undersubscribed.

2. "In addition, the Symplicity scheduler does an excellent job, but no scheduler is perfect and so we must check each and every interview schedule to make sure that it has slotted students correctly."

This would require, what, a day?

3. "Finally, several students, particularly rising 3Ls, start canceling their interviews at the beginning of August, as they receive offers from their 2L summer employer. These cancellations create further interview slots which we add to your interview schedules."

Once again, simple waiting lists would solve this problem.

The downsides to such a late schedule release (less time to prepare for interviews, less time to mass mail) far outweigh any benefits accrued by keeping it all secret until 5 days before interviews begin. We should all write to OCP asking them to rethink their strategy.

[crazyblink653]

OCP's reasons for waiting until the 17th/18th are ridiculous.

1. "We start contacting those employers to see if they can add an interview room or otherwise accommodate all the students interested in interviewing with them. We don’t eliminate all oversubscribed schedules, of course, but every additional interview makes our efforts worthwhile."

So, they can't tell us which interviews we landed because other interview slots might become available? This is silly. All they have to do is give us our schedules, create "waiting lists" for firms that are oversubscribed, and then send us emails adding those interviews if the firm decides to add more slots. Other schools do it this way. In addition, if they released schedules earlier they could allow us to select open slots with firms that were undersubscribed.

2. "In addition, the Symplicity scheduler does an excellent job, but no scheduler is perfect and so we must check each and every interview schedule to make sure that it has slotted students correctly."

This would require, what, a day?

3. "Finally, several students, particularly rising 3Ls, start canceling their interviews at the beginning of August, as they receive offers from their 2L summer employer. These cancellations create further interview slots which we add to your interview schedules."

Once again, simple waiting lists would solve this problem.

The downsides to such a late schedule release (less time to prepare for interviews, less time to mass mail) far outweigh any benefits accrued by keeping it all secret until 5 days before interviews begin. We should all write to OCP asking them to rethink their strategy.

agreed. although i think plenty of people have already wrote them, otherwise they probably wouldn't have sent that email out in the first place.

[goodolgil]

Yeah, if you check lawopen there are some protest emails there. It is pretty annoying. They could at leas just release the firms we have interviews with at this moment without releasing the times.

[Bronte]

Yeah, if you check lawopen there are some protest emails there. It is pretty annoying. They could at leas just release the firms we have interviews with at this moment without releasing the times.

Yeah it just sucks to research all these firms that we're not going to have interviews with. (Although honestly, I'm really procrastinating on that.)

[goodolgil]

Yeah, I actually haven't done any research on firms since bidding closed. I think it's easier now though since we don't really have to worry about stuff like GPA average, firm's financial position, # of SAs at a firm, etc...

[Bronte]

Yeah, I actually haven't done any research on firms since bidding closed. I think it's easier now though since we don't really have to worry about stuff like GPA average, firm's financial position, # of SAs at a firm, etc...

I don't know, finding the "differentiating factor" for each of these firms and coming up with firm specific questions is pretty tough.

[starchinkilt]

Yeah, if you check lawopen there are some protest emails there. It is pretty annoying. They could at leas just release the firms we have interviews with at this moment without releasing the times.

What's law open? I'm a transfer student, so I'm still figuring things out

[keg411]

Yeah, if you check lawopen there are some protest emails there. It is pretty annoying. They could at leas just release the firms we have interviews with at this moment without releasing the times.

What's law open? I'm a transfer student, so I'm still figuring things out

Don't feel bad, I was just going to ask that .

[JetstoRJC]

Yeah, if you check lawopen there are some protest emails there. It is pretty annoying. They could at leas just release the firms we have interviews with at this moment without releasing the times.

What's law open? I'm a transfer student, so I'm still figuring things out

Don't feel bad, I was just going to ask that .

Law school's e-mail listserv. Transfer students will probably be added to it when the semester begins.

[goodolgil]

You guys will know you're on it when you get 10,000 emails of people trying to sell their mini-fridge or offering their first born for a Notre Dame ticket

[Bronte]

You guys will know you're on it when you get 10,000 emails of people trying to sell their mini-fridge or offering their first born for a Notre Dame ticket

Lol yeah I wouldn't feel to bad about not being on it.

[03121202698008]

You guys will know you're on it when you get 10,000 emails of people trying to sell their mini-fridge or offering their first born for a Notre Dame ticket

Lol yeah I wouldn't feel to bad about not being on it.

It's not too bad if you setup a gmail filter for it to skip your inbox. I don't digest as I missed a few good deals when I did...