Northwestern 2019 OCI Forum

[Anonymous User]

McDermott NYC ding

[Anonymous User]

Paul hastings chi rejection

[Anonymous User]

goodwin boston ding ...

[Anonymous User]

goodwin boston ding ...

CB or offer ding? Thx

[Anonymous User]

Still waiting on 10+ firms... can I assume they are all dings? However, did not get a FF NY ding like some people mentioned.

Beyond my intuition that no news is good news I don't think there's any insight to offer

And hey I'm down to 6 so seems like you're doing decently

Also waiting on 10+! I get the sense that a lot of the firms from the second week of OCIs just haven't gotten back to anyone? But who knows!

[Anonymous User]

thompson coburn cb

[Anonymous User]

goodwin boston ding ...

CB or offer ding? Thx

no callback

[Anonymous User]

just found this forum
had a kirkland chicago and jones day chciago cb

[Anonymous User]

Sidley chi offer just now. CB was Friday

Stats??

[Anonymous User]

Sidley chi offer just now. CB was Friday

Stats??

3.5, LR

[Anonymous User]

Cravath ding (maybe a week ago) and Dechert ding (a couple days ago)

[Anonymous User]

any weekend updates?

[Anonymous User]

Jenner Ding and Mayer Brown CB

[Anonymous User]

Cahill ding

[Anonymous User]

Drinker Biddle ding. Drink up!

[Anonymous User]

Is there any general time frame for Chicago firms to give offers after call backs or does it completely vary?

[NLawProud]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

[Anonymous User]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

When did you start getting traction? Glad to hear it worked out for you!

[Anonymous User]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

Thank you!!

[NLawProud]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

When did you start getting traction? Glad to hear it worked out for you!

By this point I was direct applying anywhere and everywhere but focusing mostly on bigger markets LA, Chicago, and New York. Many of the firms that I direct applied to (and both of the firms that I received offers from) had attended NU's OCI but had not filled up their summer class. With this being said, I would recommend direct applying to firms even if the firm attended NU's OCI (just make sure you're prepared for the "why did you not interview with us at OCI" question).

As far as "traction," the end of August/beginning of September is when I received the most interest because by that point the deadline for many people who received offers to accept/reject had past. But I know people who received offers as late as December. As I said in my previous post, the best advice I can give is to just keep applying!

[Anonymous User]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

When did you start getting traction? Glad to hear it worked out for you!

By this point I was direct applying anywhere and everywhere but focusing mostly on bigger markets LA, Chicago, and New York. Many of the firms that I direct applied to (and both of the firms that I received offers from) had attended NU's OCI but had not filled up their summer class. With this being said, I would recommend direct applying to firms even if the firm attended NU's OCI (just make sure you're prepared for the "why did you not interview with us at OCI" question).

As far as "traction," the end of August/beginning of September is when I received the most interest because by that point the deadline for many people who received offers to accept/reject had past. But I know people who received offers as late as December. As I said in my previous post, the best advice I can give is to just keep applying!

Thank you so much for sharing. Would you be able to share your stats, even vaguely? (below median, median, above).

What’s the best way to answer "why didn't you oci us"? The only thing I can think of is to just say there's a limited amount of bids and a lot of great firms. I know it's not a good answer but like covering up bad grades, it's not going away.

Final question - did you change your strategy or rewrite your resume later? Did you figure out why you were striking out at OCI or was it just random?

[NLawProud]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

When did you start getting traction? Glad to hear it worked out for you!

By this point I was direct applying anywhere and everywhere but focusing mostly on bigger markets LA, Chicago, and New York. Many of the firms that I direct applied to (and both of the firms that I received offers from) had attended NU's OCI but had not filled up their summer class. With this being said, I would recommend direct applying to firms even if the firm attended NU's OCI (just make sure you're prepared for the "why did you not interview with us at OCI" question).

As far as "traction," the end of August/beginning of September is when I received the most interest because by that point the deadline for many people who received offers to accept/reject had past. But I know people who received offers as late as December. As I said in my previous post, the best advice I can give is to just keep applying!

Thank you so much for sharing. Would you be able to share your stats, even vaguely? (below median, median, above).

What’s the best way to answer "why didn't you oci us"? The only thing I can think of is to just say there's a limited amount of bids and a lot of great firms. I know it's not a good answer but like covering up bad grades, it's not going away.

Final question - did you change your strategy or rewrite your resume later? Did you figure out why you were striking out at OCI or was it just random?

Happy to offer more information just PM me!

[Anonymous User]

Rising 3L and just thought I would post an encouragement for those who are still trying to get an offer at this point. This time last year I only had a single callback through OCI (which was a ding) and had three direct apply callbacks (which were also dings) and I felt like shit. However, by mid September, I had two offers from Vault 50 firms. No matter what your situation is just keep applying and trust that it will all work out!

When did you start getting traction? Glad to hear it worked out for you!

By this point I was direct applying anywhere and everywhere but focusing mostly on bigger markets LA, Chicago, and New York. Many of the firms that I direct applied to (and both of the firms that I received offers from) had attended NU's OCI but had not filled up their summer class. With this being said, I would recommend direct applying to firms even if the firm attended NU's OCI (just make sure you're prepared for the "why did you not interview with us at OCI" question).

As far as "traction," the end of August/beginning of September is when I received the most interest because by that point the deadline for many people who received offers to accept/reject had past. But I know people who received offers as late as December. As I said in my previous post, the best advice I can give is to just keep applying!

Thank you so much for sharing. Would you be able to share your stats, even vaguely? (below median, median, above).

What’s the best way to answer "why didn't you oci us"? The only thing I can think of is to just say there's a limited amount of bids and a lot of great firms. I know it's not a good answer but like covering up bad grades, it's not going away.

Final question - did you change your strategy or rewrite your resume later? Did you figure out why you were striking out at OCI or was it just random?

Happy to offer more information just PM me!

I am unable to PM bc I'm too new or something. Is there any other way we can communicate?

[Anonymous User]

Results So Far:

Pre-OCI

Skadden Chi Callback --> Pending

7/31

McDermott Chi Screener --> Callback offer 8/1
Sullivan & Cromwell NY Screener --> Callback offer 8/1
Weil NY Screener --> Dinged 8/1
O'Melveny SF Screener --> Pending
Willkie Farr NY Screener --> Callback offer 7/31
Jones Day Chicago Screener --> Pending

8/1

Ropes & Gray Chicago Screener --> Pending
Cravath Screener--> Pending

8/2

Kirkland & Ellis Chi Screener --> Pending
Latham Chi Screener --> Pending
Mayer Brown Screener --> Pending
Cleary Gottlieb NY Screener --> Pending
Paul Weiss NY Screener --> Pending
Wachtell Screener (Phone) --> Callback Offer 8/2

Updated:

Pre-OCI

Skadden Chi Callback --> Dinged by snail mail 8/2

7/31

McDermott Chi Screener --> Callback offer 8/1
Sullivan & Cromwell NY Screener --> Callback offer 8/1
Weil NY Screener --> Dinged 8/1
O'Melveny SF Screener --> Callback Offered 8/5
Willkie Farr NY Screener --> Callback offer 7/31
Jones Day Chicago Screener --> Pending

8/1

Ropes & Gray Chicago Screener --> Pending
Cravath Screener--> Callback Offered 8/5

8/2

Kirkland & Ellis Chi Screener --> Pending
Latham Chi Screener --> Pending
Mayer Brown Screener --> Callback Offered 8/5
Cleary Gottlieb NY Screener --> Callback Offered 8/5
Paul Weiss NY Screener --> Pending
Wachtell Screener (Phone) --> Callback Offer 8/2

Updated 2.0

Pre-OCI

Skadden Chi Callback --> Dinged 8/2 (snail mail)

7/31

McDermott Chi Screener --> Callback Offer 8/1 --> Callback 8/12
Sullivan & Cromwell NY Screener --> Callback Offer 8/1(phone) --> Callback 8/20
Weil NY Screener --> Dinged 8/1
O'Melveny SF Screener --> Callback Offer 8/5 (phone)
Willkie Farr NY Screener --> Callback Offer 7/31(phone) --> Callback 8/14 --> Offer 8/15 (phone)
Jones Day Chicago Screener --> Dinged 8/9 (email)

8/1

Ropes & Gray Chicago Screener --> Dinged 8/19 (email)
Cravath Screener--> Callback Offer 8/5 (phone)

8/2

Kirkland & Ellis Chi Screener --> Callback Offer (phone) 8/7 --> Callback 8/12 --> Offer 8/20 (phone)
Latham Chi Screener --> Dinged 8/8 (email)
Mayer Brown Screener --> Callback Offer 8/6 (phone) --> Callback 8/16
Cleary Gottlieb NY Screener --> Callback Offer 8/5 (phone)
Paul Weiss NY Screener --> Dinged 8/6 (email)
Wachtell Screener (Phone) --> Callback Offer 8/2 (phone) --> Callback 8/15 --> Dinged 8/16 (email)

8/6

Winston & Strawn Screener --> Ding 8/20 (email)
Cadwalder NY Screener --> Callback Offer 8/8 (phone)
Jenner & Block Screener --> Ding 8/12 (email)

[Anonymous User]

[quote="Anonymous User"]latham ny ding. didn't expect it anyway but it feels like now is when a lot of firms tie up loose ends.

When did you do your CB with Latham? Trying to get a sense of timeline