How grade selective is Skadden NYC? Forum

[nealric]

The way people talk about Skadden, I had thought it was much closer to CSM than DPW in terms of selectivity, interesting to hear that's not the case.

Really? From an associate's perspective, its reputation is that it's the sweatiest of sweatshops. Not hard to see why the very top of the class aren't beating a path to its door. From a client's perspective, Skadden is the place you go when you just need to throw a huge number of bodies at a matter. Not really the type of place I would be interested in working.

[Anonymous User]

I interviewed in their Wilmington office and met several people that started in NYC and said something similar with respect to it being huge and impersonal.

[Anonymous User]

I can only speak for SLS, but at SLS they're not grade selective in the least. You can be in the bottom of the class and get an offer. I'm sure that's not quite true outside of HYS, but I think they're one of the less grade selective firms of the V25ish.

I know you said you're only speaking for SLS, but how generalizable is what you said to, e.g., HLS?
I'd think that part of the reason why Skadden NYC is not at all selective among SLS kids is that, as an East Coast firm/office, it can't be too picky if it wants to yield any SLS SAs, especially because SLS kids self-select into CA (and out of NYC-centric firms like Skadden).

My experience with HLS classmates is that Skadden NYC is not grade selective at all for HLS either. My experience closely mirrors the above poster (WLRK > S&C > CSM/DPW), although I think S&C is pretty much an auto-offer with the right grades (6H+), while CSM/DPW will dip lower in grades but are more selective regarding fit.

Well by "not grade selective at all," do you mean bottom of the barrel HYS kids can walk right on in (provided they "fit"), or "merely" not to the same degree as its V5 "peers"?

If you have 10LPs, I'm pretty confident they won't take you. They made 98 OFFERS firmwide to HLS students last year (1/5-1/6 of the class). That's my primary basis for saying that they are not grade selective at all. Does that mean they take "bottom of the barrel HYS kids"? Probably not.

SLS poster above. At least at SLS, straight Ps are not a barrier to getting an offer (you'll need good interviewing skills, but bad grades won't stop you).

[Anonymous User]

If you have 10LPs, I'm pretty confident they won't take you. They made 98 OFFERS firmwide to HLS students last year (1/5-1/6 of the class). That's my primary basis for saying that they are not grade selective at all. Does that mean they take "bottom of the barrel HYS kids"? Probably not.

Well 10LPs is one extreme; at that point, there's no question about where you stand. But like the SLS person who spoke of straight Ps' being no barrier, there are a lot more in the amorphous, indistinguishable mass of people who could be anywhere but the clear top of the class.

Does Skadden just employ no known grade cutoffs/benchmarks, or what?

[Anonymous User]

If you have 10LPs, I'm pretty confident they won't take you. They made 98 OFFERS firmwide to HLS students last year (1/5-1/6 of the class). That's my primary basis for saying that they are not grade selective at all. Does that mean they take "bottom of the barrel HYS kids"? Probably not.

Well 10LPs is one extreme; at that point, there's no question about where you stand. But like the SLS person who spoke of straight Ps' being no barrier, there are a lot more in the amorphous, indistinguishable mass of people who could be anywhere but the clear top of the class.

Does Skadden just employ no known grade cutoffs/benchmarks, or what?

also interested in knowing whether skadden is worth putting on my bidlist. HLS, 1H. is it useless or worth it?

[Anonymous User]

If you have 10LPs, I'm pretty confident they won't take you. They made 98 OFFERS firmwide to HLS students last year (1/5-1/6 of the class). That's my primary basis for saying that they are not grade selective at all. Does that mean they take "bottom of the barrel HYS kids"? Probably not.

Well 10LPs is one extreme; at that point, there's no question about where you stand. But like the SLS person who spoke of straight Ps' being no barrier, there are a lot more in the amorphous, indistinguishable mass of people who could be anywhere but the clear top of the class.

Does Skadden just employ no known grade cutoffs/benchmarks, or what?

also interested in knowing whether skadden is worth putting on my bidlist. HLS, 1H. is it useless or worth it?

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