Northwestern 2011 OCI Lottery Results/Call Backs thread Forum

[rinkrat19]

roughly how many NU students are actually from chicago/midwest anyway?

I don't remember where I saw the info. Let's conservatively say, 50%. 130-150ish? And to behonest, there are plenty of people not from the midwest who would be comfortable working in Chicago. There's just no real way to predict.

ya ya im sure. like you said, we'll have to see what happens.

Actually it is more like a quarter of the class. Both the northeast and the west are higher percentages than the midwest.




Chart is from the admissions website.

Watching this thread with interest...
Anyone from Oregon/Washington in your sections, or does that 'west' designation pretty much just mean 'California'?

[sellout]

According to career services people, it seems anecdotally as if fewer NU students bid NY this year than in years past.

[bdubs]

Good luck guys, hope everyone's strategy works out well for them.

[bjsesq]

Results should be out by 5. Let's see where unpredictability takes us.

[Holly Golightly]

Results should be out by 5. Let's see where unpredictability takes us.

My guess: we will have our results by 5:00pm next Tuesday.

[bjsesq]

Results should be out by 5. Let's see where unpredictability takes us.

My guess: we will have our results by 5:00pm next Tuesday.

LOL. I wasn't expecting anyone to catch that I was making a dig that quickly.

[Holly Golightly]

I just assume our school's administration needs to do something really important in the meantime, like gender verification...

[traehekat]

Bid results are in. 13 interviews total. Will post more details shortly.

EDIT: Got bids 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24

Missed Sidley at 4.

[Lieut Kaffee]

I have 14.

[Holly Golightly]

22 here. Will post more details when I'm not on my phone.

[traehekat]

22 here.

Woah.

[crumpetsandtea]

0L creeping this thread...do people mind posting their spots in the class along with their results to give a better idea of how interviews are correlated with ranking? I know literally nothing about OCI bidding so that would be really helpful. It's cool if you'd rather not share the info though. How many interviews is 'normal' depending on ranking?

Also, holy shit. 'Grats HGL!!!

[Holly Golightly]

0L creeping this thread...do people mind posting their spots in the class along with their results to give a better idea of how interviews are correlated with ranking? I know literally nothing about OCI bidding so that would be really helpful. It's cool if you'd rather not share the info though.

Also, holy shit. 'Grats HGL!!!

OCI is 100% lottery, rank is irrelevant for # of interviews.

[mths]

0L creeping this thread...do people mind posting their spots in the class along with their results to give a better idea of how interviews are correlated with ranking? I know literally nothing about OCI bidding so that would be really helpful. It's cool if you'd rather not share the info though. How many interviews is 'normal' depending on ranking?

Also, holy shit. 'Grats HGL!!!

it's a lottery system so it makes no difference where you are in the class

[crumpetsandtea]

0L creeping this thread...do people mind posting their spots in the class along with their results to give a better idea of how interviews are correlated with ranking? I know literally nothing about OCI bidding so that would be really helpful. It's cool if you'd rather not share the info though.

Also, holy shit. 'Grats HGL!!!

OCI is 100% lottery, rank is irrelevant for # of interviews.

Ahhhhh gotcha. So it's totally randomly chosen? (sorry if this is derailing the thread, I can move the question to the NU Students Q&Challenges thread if that would be a better place)

[traehekat]

HG, I'm assuming you didn't bid Chicago much, right?

[existenz]

Congrats Holly, your random/schizo bidding strategy worked!

[Anonymous User]

18 interviews total, got 9 of my top 10. Bid list was NY and Chi mixed (a little heavier on NYC) and got 3 from a secondary/teriary market that I bid in my last 5 slots.

[rayiner]

0L creeping this thread...do people mind posting their spots in the class along with their results to give a better idea of how interviews are correlated with ranking? I know literally nothing about OCI bidding so that would be really helpful. It's cool if you'd rather not share the info though. How many interviews is 'normal' depending on ranking?

Also, holy shit. 'Grats HGL!!!

Interviews are lottery based, so they're entirely a function of your bid list, not your class rank. Your class rank has an effect in the sense that a bid list for someone who has high-grades will include more selective firms that fewer people will bid on, leading to more interviews, but that's a secondary effect.

[mths]

Congrats Holly, your random/schizo bidding strategy worked!

LOL!!!

[bjsesq]

18. Very pleased.

[IAFG]

Got 16 including Weil which I bid in the mid 20s lol @ Cornell

[Holly Golightly]

HG, I'm assuming you didn't bid Chicago much, right?

I did not.

[Holly Golightly]

Congrats Holly, your random/schizo bidding strategy worked!

Ohhhhhh Northwestern.

[traehekat]

Man, can't help but feel a little dejected with my results. Not sure where I went wrong, except possibly wasting a bid on Sidley at 4, which could have been another mid market firm that I would have been more likely to secure an interview with.