Columbia EIP 2014 Forum

[txdude45]

now my anon handle is super mysterious

[Anonymous User]

I vote Francis Underwood. I think I'll go with Zoe. EIP is the metro.

[Anonymous User]

There are two kinds of pain: the sort of pain that makes you strong and waiting for grades, the sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things.

-F.U.

[Anonymous User]

I vote Francis Underwood. I think I'll go with Zoe. EIP is the metro.

LOL. Well done.

[Anonymous User]

K-JD checking in with a (predicted) GPA of around 3.1 or so. What's my realistic best case scenario? Schulte?

--Amory Blaine

[Anonymous User]

K-JD checking in with a (predicted) GPA of around 3.1 or so. What's my realistic best case scenario? Schulte?

--Amory Blaine

I think Sidley Austin NY is also attainable?

[Anonymous User]

K-JD checking in with a (predicted) GPA of around 3.1 or so. What's my realistic best case scenario? Schulte?

--Amory Blaine

I think Sidley Austin NY is also attainable?

Not even bothering to waste a bid there. Numbers are forgiving but, alas, nowhere near favorable enough. If it's not Schulte, Cadwalader or maybe Paul Hastings, I don't think any Biglaw is going to bite, though I'm certainly going to try and present my case as to why I'm good enough during OCI.

Most people usually have the problem of finding a way to fit all the employers they want; I have the problem of coming up with 30 who might even plausibly hire me. *sigh*

--Amory Blaine

[Anonymous User]

K-JD checking in with a (predicted) GPA of around 3.1 or so. What's my realistic best case scenario? Schulte?

--Amory Blaine

You'll do fine, just play it smart! I think this is the one time to be happy you chose Columbia. Look at the firms that doled out a lot of interviews, and best case scenario a large number of offers to CLS students. Willkie Farr's a solid one I can think of offhand (and I hear will dip a good way if you "fit"), and I know Cahill does some high-level corporate work despite going below median (less sure on how much they focus on grades there). I'd put Paul Hastings in a good spot, too (they made 19 offers & just two to Kent/Stone). After that, Orrick, Goodwin, Chadbourne, maybe Dechert.

A few more but I can't claim to know enough about some of the other NY firms past those. Do you want to stay in New York?

[Anonymous User]

Checking in. Still waiting for Crim and Property. Hoping they don't fuck me out of Stone.

Is everyone that is considering a secondary market also bidding NY to play it safe?

- Sherlock

1) I had hopes for Stone. Then I checked my schedule in January and saw I had Lynch.

2) I'm doing that. Probably gonna split 12/9/9 in favor of NYC.

-Voltron

I'm doing 2/3 NYC and 1/3 DC. I'd actually prefer NYC though I think.

Also, one more grade to go now!

- Keyser Söze

[Anonymous User]

Got all my grades back, hope you guys hear back soon. Still don't know what bidding is really, though.

Gonna go all NYC (maybe 5 TX if "all my friends moved to TX and I want to go too" is a 'tie'). Looking at transactional since litigation/zero-sum-game shit for a living would sadden me tremendously, I think.


- Sterling Archer

[Anonymous User]

Just snagging my handle for funsies.

- Nick Slade.

[Anonymous User]

Final GPA is 3.48. I think that puts me somewhere around top 1/3 to top 1/4. Which NYC firms are out of the running for my GPA? Wachtell. SullCrom?

[Anonymous User]

3.51 bidding NY and secondary market. Thinking 20/25 NY and 5/10 other. Checking in.

-SmushParker

[Tiago Splitter]

Final GPA is 3.48. I think that puts me somewhere around top 1/3 to top 1/4. Which NYC firms are out of the running for my GPA? Wachtell. SullCrom?

You're a touch on the low side for Cravath/DPW/Cleary/STB but you're close enough that they're worth bids. You should be fine but those GPAs just above Stone can be dangerous as it's easy to overplay your hand.

[Anonymous User]

Final GPA is 3.48. I think that puts me somewhere around top 1/3 to top 1/4. Which NYC firms are out of the running for my GPA? Wachtell. SullCrom?

You're a touch on the low side for Cravath/DPW/Cleary/STB but you're close enough that they're worth bids. You should be fine but those GPAs just above Stone can be dangerous as it's easy to overplay your hand.

Okay, thanks. I didn't know Cleary and STB were in that category haha.

[Anonymous User]

3.83 checking in here. Going to bid probably 20 DC and 10 NY (Wachtell, Cravath, etc.). Would choose most DC firms over any NY firm though.

-Barkevious Mingo

[Anonymous User]

3.83 checking in here. Going to bid probably 20 DC and 10 NY (Wachtell, Cravath, etc.). Would choose most DC firms over any NY firm though.

-Barkevious Mingo

I'm Kent too (assuming I don't get below a B on con law) and also applying nyc and dc. Are you focusing litigation? And how deep are you going into the vault 100 for "safeties"?


- Keyser Söze

[Anonymous User]

3.83 checking in here. Going to bid probably 20 DC and 10 NY (Wachtell, Cravath, etc.). Would choose most DC firms over any NY firm though.

-Barkevious Mingo

I'm Kent too (assuming I don't get below a B on con law) and also applying nyc and dc. Are you focusing litigation? And how deep are you going into the vault 100 for "safeties"?


- Keyser Söze

Congrats both of you; how many (1L) Kent's do you think will be given out this year?

[Anonymous User]

3.83 checking in here. Going to bid probably 20 DC and 10 NY (Wachtell, Cravath, etc.). Would choose most DC firms over any NY firm though.

-Barkevious Mingo

I'm Kent too (assuming I don't get below a B on con law) and also applying nyc and dc. Are you focusing litigation? And how deep are you going into the vault 100 for "safeties"?


- Keyser Söze

Congrats both of you; how many (1L) Kent's do you think will be given out this year?

I think it's usually about 5%, so maybe 15 or so?

[Anonymous User]

Congrats on Kent guys. 3.58 here.

Anyone know my status for Wachtell, Cravath, S&C? Thinking I'm a touch low, wondering if the bids are worth.

- Sterling Archer

[Tiago Splitter]

Congrats on Kent guys. 3.58 here.

Anyone know my status for Wachtell, Cravath, S&C? Thinking I'm a touch low, wondering if the bids are worth.

- Sterling Archer

Cravath is definitely possible. That's also usually one you can get in the mid 20's if not later.

[Anonymous User]

Still waiting on 2 grades but the first two have brought me down to around 3.5. Hoping for an upward trend in the last two.

- Gosling

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

I think 5% is an overestimation of Kent for 1Ls--IIRC OCS said about 2-3%. Would be surprised if it were more than a dozen of us.

Kent bros: What's your estimation of your WLRK chances? If there's only about 10 of you and the majority of offers (around five a year) are Kent, you have to like them, right? And are you constructing your bidlists with the idea that SullCrom is your worst-case scenario? (Unless something goes fairly wrong in your interview)

Also, what's everyone doing with Quinn? Just mailing in August if you're Stone?

[Anonymous User]

I'm thinking there are a lot of firms people would prefer to work at than S&C though with the options available to Kent (I could list like 15 already), unless you meant worst case scenario because sullivan will CB->offer basically everyone above a certain gpa.

[Anonymous User]

I think 5% is an overestimation of Kent for 1Ls--IIRC OCS said about 2-3%. Would be surprised if it were more than a dozen of us.

Kent bros: What's your estimation of your WLRK chances? If there's only about 10 of you and the majority of offers (around five a year) are Kent, you have to like them, right? And are you constructing your bidlists with the idea that SullCrom is your worst-case scenario? (Unless something goes fairly wrong in your interview)

Also, what's everyone doing with Quinn? Just mailing in August if you're Stone?

I actually like S&C a lot (probably personal preference), so if that's my worst case I'll be happy. I'll definitely be interested in WLRK, even if it means selling my soul if only for the outrageous above market bonuses. But since I'm not really interested in litigation only, there are quite a few very competitive litigation shops that I'm just skipping over (like Williams & Connolly and Quinn). Therefore I'm dropping down lower on the vault list for my bidlist.

- Keyser Söze