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Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:33 am

top 25% @ WUSTL and got slaughtered. really hoping they're not all out yet.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:37 am

define "slaughtered..."

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:58 am

Jones Day
Weil
Kirkland Ellis
Davis Polk

top 20% WUSTL...gonna end up declining all because of transfer. But this is not encouraging.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:05 am

Anonymous User wrote:Jones Day
Weil
Kirkland Ellis
Davis Polk

top 20% WUSTL...gonna end up declining all because of transfer. But this is not encouraging.

I was just outside top 15% at wustl last year and the only interviews I got were skadden Del and alternates (and none of those were V10s). You should actually be encouraged by what you have, I think.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:26 am

I know for a fact that Blank Rome hasn't released theirs yet. I don't know about t he others, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple more trickle in.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:16 am

Anonymous User wrote:Top 5% at WUSTL. Decent resume, but can't explain without outing myself.

Hard IP? Either way congrats and good luck!

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:24 am

A bit of unsolicited advice from someone who did this program a couple of years ago:

To those who may end up with a lot of interviews, think carefully about scheduling. Give yourself an easier one to get the day rolling and schedule the ones you care most about after breaks if at all possible. (Start by leaving yourself breaks in scheduling and fill them in last if you end up needing to). Try to avoid scheduling more than four back-to-back. The day will get off-schedule, and interviews are humans who understand that, so it's not a big deal if you're late, but it will stress you out if you have a big pile-up.

Also, if you've got a lot of interviews and would go to every single firm on your list before you accepted at some other firm, think seriously about declining the interview and opening the spot up for someone else.

Edit: I also noticed a bit of yield-protect type behavior by some firms. And to everyone who participates, don't be surprised if you start getting calls a couple of hours after the interview. If you're awkward on the phone, it's okay to let it go to voicemail. They'll usually tell you that you'll be getting an email from recruiting or give you the recruiting number to call.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:11 am

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Top 5% at WUSTL. Decent resume, but can't explain without outing myself.
Hard IP? Either way congrats and good luck!

Hint, I didn't bid on Fizpatrick.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:49 am

Anyone out there for the Public Interest? I applied to the 2 DAs. Both say "pending" but when I filter "With Invitations" only Bronx appears. When I filter to "On Waitlist" they are both still there. What does it all mean??

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:03 am

Probably means you got an interview with Bronx. I'm not sure that "on wait list" tells you anything right now.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:12 am

Really looks like you needed to be top 20% or so to get more than an interview or two. Hopefully OCI will be a bit better for everyone.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:17 am

Anonymous User wrote:Probably means you got an interview with Bronx. I'm not sure that "on wait list" tells you anything right now.

I hope you're right! *fingers crossed*

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:18 am

Anonymous User wrote:Really looks like you needed to be top 20% or so to get more than an interview or two. Hopefully OCI will be a bit better for everyone.

NYC is much tougher on sub top 10% than oci.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:58 am

What does it mean if the firm shows up on the "on waitlist" page? Or is this there for everyone?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:00 pm

Blank Rome
Cravath
Davis Polk
Debevoise
Olshan Frome
Paul Weiss
Schulte
Weil
WilmerHale

WUSTL, 25% (just outside actually). Blank Rome wasn't there when I checked last night, so it looks like stuff is still coming in. Based on posts above I'm assuming some of these will be alternates or something.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:12 pm

Is your resume phenomenal or something? That's a fantastic haul for someone outside the top 25% at wustl.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:13 pm

Just to clarify, everyone who has posted the names of firms they have, it still says "pending" in the invitations column, right? Does anyone have "preselect" or anything like that?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:16 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Just to clarify, everyone who has posted the names of firms they have, it still says "pending" in the invitations column, right? Does anyone have "preselect" or anything like that?

Correct. We're sorting by "with invitations"

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:17 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Is your resume phenomenal or something? That's a fantastic haul for someone outside the top 25% at wustl.

he/she is also on law review and has NYC work experience

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:45 pm

Proskauer just showed up under invitations. Everything still pending though.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:08 pm

WUSTL 20% from before, updating

NYC: Jones Day, Davis Polk, Proskauer, Weil Gotshal, Kirkland Ellis

DC: Baker McKenzie

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:23 pm

Blank Rome just came through for me, like two hours after the first person reported it.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:41 pm

Anonymous User wrote:WUSTL 20% from before, updating

NYC: Jones Day, Davis Polk, Proskauer, Weil Gotshal, Kirkland Ellis

DC: Baker McKenzie

You're declining these, right?

I wonder when we'll know if we were selected or are just alternates.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:26 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:WUSTL 20% from before, updating

NYC: Jones Day, Davis Polk, Proskauer, Weil Gotshal, Kirkland Ellis

DC: Baker McKenzie
You're declining these, right?

I wonder when we'll know if we were selected or are just alternates.

Yes i'm declining all of them once there's a button for it haha. Just got Drinker Biddle DC

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:06 pm

Willkie just went up under "invitations", and I was able to sign up for cleary (but only Cleary for some reason). Also I can confirm that "invitations" includes alternates. I just got an alternate from clifford chance, and it had been in invitations.

ETA: looks like they're releasing interviews one at a time and in alphabetical order.

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