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[Anonymous User]

12 screeners (5 dings so far), 2 CBs (1 ding so far). Had CB with top choice this past week. Every day that I don't hear back I die a little inside. All I need is one...

[Anonymous User]

4 callbacks so far...3 dings, 1 silent for almost 2 weeks. another callback on monday that didn't come from eiw, but small class size.

ccn above median, by the way. holy stressful.

[Anonymous User]

Waiting to hear back from two callbacks (crossing my fingers)!

[Anonymous User]

Only 4 screeners (my school is 100% preselect). 1 ding, 1 CB so far. Feeling pretty doomed.

[ITE8NY]

Only 4 screeners (my school is 100% preselect). 1 ding, 1 CB so far. Feeling pretty doomed.

100% preselect sounds rough; so do the firms basically just interview the top 10% and the other 90% of the class is left enraged at OCS / their school / fate / etc.?

Seems like a formula for some seriously bad mojo.

[Anonymous User]

Waiting to hear back from two callbacks (crossing my fingers)!

Same here! Good luck to us

[Helmholtz]

100% preselect sounds rough; so do the firms basically just interview the top 10% and the other 90% of the class is left enraged at OCS / their school / fate / etc.?

Seems like a formula for some seriously bad mojo.

I don't know why they would be enraged.

(1) The students had to know the career prospects going in (or at least should have known)
(2) Lottery interviews would be a complete waste of time for everybody
(3) Not really career services' fault when it comes to reputation of the school / employers' preferences / students' not-terrific grades

[Anonymous User]

Hang in there everyone. At UT below median I wasn't feeling too hot about stuff, and my first offer didn't come until a few days ago. Everyone is still in play, and that the first offer is a huge relief is an understatement.

[najumobi]

100% preselect sounds rough; so do the firms basically just interview the top 10% and the other 90% of the class is left enraged at OCS / their school / fate / etc.?

Seems like a formula for some seriously bad mojo.

I don't know why they would be enraged.

(1) The students had to know the career prospects going in (or at least should have known)
(2) Lottery interviews would be a complete waste of time for everybody
(3) Not really career services' fault when it comes to reputation of the school / employers' preferences / students' not-terrific grades

+1 ....i too think that lottery interviews waste everyone's time.

[Grizz]

It's not a waste when a firm will actually hire from a wide swathe of the class. But that's only true at a few schools. The way we do it (50% lotto, 50% preselect) I think is fairly solid.

[Helmholtz]

+1 ....i too think that lottery interviews waste everyone's time.

I think they are at most schools below, say, the T17 (yeah, I know, arbitrary cutoff). There were a lot of biglaw firms who interviewed at my school's OCI who did only 21 interviews. A lot of these firms have regularly hired at median or below. Preselect just doesn't work very well then. I'm surprised that UVA still hangs onto the system they have in place.

edit: pretty much what Grizz said, yeah

[najumobi]

+1 ....i too think that lottery interviews waste everyone's time.

I think they are at most schools below, say, the T17 (yeah, I know, arbitrary cutoff). There were a lot of biglaw firms who interviewed at my school's OCI who did only 21 interviews. A lot of these firms have regularly hired at median or below. Preselect just doesn't work very well then. I'm surprised that UVA still hangs onto the system they have in place.

ah ic....
also, i don't think top 17 cutoff is completely arbitrary.....at least during the best years for recruits biglaw recruitment approached and definitely included below median students at texas/vandy/usc/ucla, while i don't think that was ever the case with washu, nd, emory, bc, etc...

EDIT: sorry guys for moving this thread off topic.

[beach_terror]

100% preselect sounds rough; so do the firms basically just interview the top 10% and the other 90% of the class is left enraged at OCS / their school / fate / etc.?

Seems like a formula for some seriously bad mojo.

I don't know why they would be enraged.

(1) The students had to know the career prospects going in (or at least should have known)
(2) Lottery interviews would be a complete waste of time for everybody
(3) Not really career services' fault when it comes to reputation of the school / employers' preferences / students' not-terrific grades

(1) is true for some, but it makes life difficult as a borderline candidate. I missed grading on to LR by an arbitrary number and despite getting a bunch of interviews, it's fucking difficult competing with the same 20 or so kids who all have LR on their resume. Good grades and a secondary is nowhere near as nice looking as good grades and law review.

[keg411]

(1) is true for some, but it makes life difficult as a borderline candidate. I missed grading on to LR by an arbitrary number and despite getting a bunch of interviews, it's fucking difficult competing with the same 20 or so kids who all have LR on their resume. Good grades and a secondary is nowhere near as nice looking as good grades and law review.

Based on what's happened at my old T2, grades >>>> LR. (But that's probably because there is no grade on at all).

[5ky]

(1) is true for some, but it makes life difficult as a borderline candidate. I missed grading on to LR by an arbitrary number and despite getting a bunch of interviews, it's fucking difficult competing with the same 20 or so kids who all have LR on their resume. Good grades and a secondary is nowhere near as nice looking as good grades and law review.

I'm not sure I understand this. You said you got a bunch of interviews. At that point, the preselect system doesn't really matter -- lottery or preselect, the interview is probably going to go better with LR and good grades than secondary and good grades.

For most schools that use preselect, it's probably going to be the case that it's a very good thing for people with good grades (LR or not), because it should (in theory) get more firms there than would be there in a lottery system.

[Anonymous User]

(1) is true for some, but it makes life difficult as a borderline candidate. I missed grading on to LR by an arbitrary number and despite getting a bunch of interviews, it's fucking difficult competing with the same 20 or so kids who all have LR on their resume. Good grades and a secondary is nowhere near as nice looking as good grades and law review.

Based on what's happened at my old T2, grades >>>> LR. (But that's probably because there is no grade on at all).

30 or so grade on at my school, and then 2-3 write on.

(1) is true for some, but it makes life difficult as a borderline candidate. I missed grading on to LR by an arbitrary number and despite getting a bunch of interviews, it's fucking difficult competing with the same 20 or so kids who all have LR on their resume. Good grades and a secondary is nowhere near as nice looking as good grades and law review.

I'm not sure I understand this. You said you got a bunch of interviews. At that point, the preselect system doesn't really matter -- lottery or preselect, the interview is probably going to go better with LR and good grades than secondary and good grades.

For most schools that use preselect, it's probably going to be the case that it's a very good thing for people with good grades (LR or not), because it should (in theory) get more firms there than would be there in a lottery system.

I don't really follow. It's definitely a good thing that we do preselect, but it certainly has its downfalls. I'm just venting because I feel like I'm in a second tier of applicants compared to my LR classmates.

[beach_terror]

Woops, the above is me. Accidental anon.

[5ky]

I just meant that it didn't really seem like the preselect system had anything to do with your relative hardship, I think. If you had substantially fewer interviews, then yeah, definitely.

Preselect here at UVA is a real gamble, that's for sure. The people below median are surely put in a harder spot because of it.

[Anonymous User]

Waiting to hear back from two callbacks (crossing my fingers)!

In the same boat, good luck to both of us!

[Anonymous User]

Only 4 screeners (my school is 100% preselect). 1 ding, 1 CB so far. Feeling pretty doomed.

100% preselect sounds rough; so do the firms basically just interview the top 10% and the other 90% of the class is left enraged at OCS / their school / fate / etc.?

Seems like a formula for some seriously bad mojo.

Anon who you responded to here.

Surprisingly, the firms seem to be slightly more holistic than you suggest- I'm top 10% and got fewer interviews than several peers in top 25% or so. As far as I can tell, nobody outside of the top quarter got any interviews at all though. Confirming other comments here, I'm at a T2 school and I agree that lottery screeners would be a huge waste of time here- firms pretty much just check in here to skim the top of the class for any diamonds in the rough. There are plenty of higher-ranked schools in the region to choose from.

[Anonymous User]

Rejected from my awkward callback firm. Did not fit in at all. But I wrangled another callback so it evens somewhat. So waiting to hear from 6/7 CBs completed with 2 more callbacks coming up. All below the Mason Dixon.

This guy. OFFERSECURE in hometown. Off the ship. Best of luck to y'all

[Anonymous User]

Rejected from my awkward callback firm. Did not fit in at all. But I wrangled another callback so it evens somewhat. So waiting to hear from 6/7 CBs completed with 2 more callbacks coming up. All below the Mason Dixon.

This guy. OFFERSECURE in hometown. Off the ship. Best of luck to y'all

Congrats, which market below the Mason-Dixon? Hoping they all start moving soon...

[Anonymous User]

Rejected from my awkward callback firm. Did not fit in at all. But I wrangled another callback so it evens somewhat. So waiting to hear from 6/7 CBs completed with 2 more callbacks coming up. All below the Mason Dixon.

This guy. OFFERSECURE in hometown. Off the ship. Best of luck to y'all

Congrats, which market below the Mason-Dixon? Hoping they all start moving soon...

Central FL. I think I was part off the first wave of offers.

[Anonymous User]

Had a CB in secondary market a month ago. Have tried to follow up with recruiter but no response. Partner told me after interview that they'll make decisions as they move through September. If I follow up with that partner, should I say i've tried to get in touch with recruiter, or just ask if partner knows anything?

[Grizz]

Had a CB in secondary market a month ago. Have tried to follow up with recruiter but no response. Partner told me after interview that they'll make decisions as they move through September. If I follow up with that partner, should I say i've tried to get in touch with recruiter, or just ask if partner knows anything?

I'd wait unless you have an offer in hand.