UChicago OCI 2014 Forum

[Mal Reynolds]

I want wachtell most so I bid them number one!

[Anonymous User]

Omitted some for anonymity. NY unless otherwise noted.

1. Wachtell
2. Sullcrom
3. WilmerHale
4. Latham & Watkins
5. Boies Schiller
6. Allen & Overy (DC)
7. Skadden
8. Williams & Connolly (DC)
9. Gibson Dunn
10. King & Spalding
11. Steptoe & Johnson (DC)
12. Jenner & Block (DC)
13. Cooley
14. Freshfields Bruckhaus
15. Mayer Brown
16. Baker Botts (DC)
17. Winston & Strawn

lol is this the order you bid these firms?

No.

[Mal Reynolds]

The info is kind of useless if you don't say your bid order.

[Anonymous User]

The previous list was lifted from the Word document used to organize my notes. Here are the results in "bid order":

1. Williams & Connolly (DC)
a. hit
2. Gibson Dunn
a. hit
3. Wachtell
a. hit
4. Skadden (NY)
a. hit
5. Sullcrom
a. Hit
6.
7. Boies Schiller
a. hit
8. WilmerHale
a. hit
9. Winston & Strawn
a. Hit
10.
11. Latham & Watkins
a. Hit
12.
13.
14. King & Spalding
a. hit
15. Freshfields Bruckhaus
a. hit
16. Paul Hastings
a. miss
17. Mayer Brown
a. hit
18. Cooley
a. hit
19.
20.
21. Pillsbury Winthrop
a. miss
22. Holland & Knight
a. miss
23. Baker Botts (DC)
a. hit
24.
25. Foley & Lardner
a. miss
26.
27. Allen & Overy (DC)
a. hit
28.
29. Sheppard Mullin
a. hit
30.
31.
32. Crowell & Moring (DC)
a. miss
33.
34. WilmerHale (DC)
a. hit
35. Foley & Lardner (DC)
a. miss
36. Jenner & Block (DC)
a. hit
37. Winston & Strawn (DC)
a. hit
38. Steptoe & Johnson (DC)
a. Hit
39.

Excuse the formatting.

[2014]

Lol that might be one of the worst bid lists I've ever seen. Fortunately you go to Uchi so there's a 95% chance it still works out.

[Anonymous User]

34. WilmerHale (DC)
a. hit

Excuse the formatting.

Considering I missed Wilmer DC at 24, I'm calling bs.

[Rahviveh]

Lol that might be one of the worst most prestigious bid lists I've ever seen. Fortunately you go to Uchi so there's a 95% chance it still works out.

maybe he's QUINN SECURE

[Anonymous User]

34. WilmerHale (DC)
a. hit

Excuse the formatting.

Considering I missed Wilmer DC at 24, I'm calling bs.

If you can't do it, no one can. The self-appointed standard bearer's plight.

[Anonymous User]

34. WilmerHale (DC)
a. hit

Excuse the formatting.

Considering I missed Wilmer DC at 24, I'm calling bs.

If you can't do it, no one can. The self-appointed standard bearer's plight.

Appreciate the snark. Unless there's some reason a 34 bid trumps a 24 bid, I don't get how this would actually happen rather than being made up, since there's no preselect.

Considering they're on a day I have only two interviews, I don't think it's a scheduling thing. I'd understand if they were coming on the day I have 7, but that's not the case.

[Anonymous User]

Lol that might be one of the worst most prestigious bid lists I've ever seen. Fortunately you go to Uchi so there's a 95% chance it still works out.

maybe he's QUINN SECURE

lol

It's not firm-or-nothing for me, so it'd take an offer from one of these to get me there.

Sincerely,

Quincy Cure

[Anonymous User]

34. WilmerHale (DC)
a. hit

Excuse the formatting.

Considering I missed Wilmer DC at 24, I'm calling bs.

If you can't do it, no one can. The self-appointed standard bearer's plight.

Appreciate the snark. Unless there's some reason a 34 bid trumps a 24 bid, I don't get how this would actually happen rather than being made up, since there's no preselect.

Considering they're on a day I have only two interviews, I don't think it's a scheduling thing. I'd understand if they were coming on the day I have 7, but that's not the case.

This prompted me to look closer. I listed Wilmer DC and Winston DC as hits understanding that getting them for NY included their DC office. Let me know if that's inaccurate. If so, they're misses.

[Anonymous User]

Unless there's some reason a 34 bid trumps a 24 bid, I don't get how this would actually happen rather than being made up, since there's no preselect.

Considering they're on a day I have only two interviews, I don't think it's a scheduling thing. I'd understand if they were coming on the day I have 7, but that's not the case.

This prompted me to look closer. I listed Wilmer DC and Winston DC as hits understanding that getting them for NY included their DC office. Let me know if that's inaccurate. If so, they're misses.

Ok, that makes more sense. Didn't realize they were interviewing together and so your 8 bid would grab them. That also explains why they filled earlier than I expected.

I don't really know how that works, to be honest. Your guess sounds right to me.

[Anonymous User]

We can only add firms during add-drop that we bid on?

[20141023]

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[WheninLaw]

Good luck, doods.

The only 100% true advice I can give: Be nice to each other. There is always someone doing better, or worse, than you.

[Mal Reynolds]

Can someone older and smarter walk me through the open sign up thing? Basically my understanding is that if a firm has open slots next to its name, come 12:30pm two days before their interview date, you can click on their name and slot yourself into their schedule. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if I can't follow directions properly. Thanks a lot.

[WheninLaw]

Can someone older and smarter walk me through the open sign up thing? Basically my understanding is that if a firm has open slots next to its name, come 12:30pm two days before their interview date, you can click on their name and slot yourself into their schedule. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if I can't follow directions properly. Thanks a lot.

Correct. First come first serve, so for popular firms, you need to be refreshing like a man-man at 12:30.

[Mal Reynolds]

TYTY

[Anonymous User]

Are you limited to firms that you bid on (but didn't get)? The emails from OCS seem to indicate yes but I just want to be sure ahead of time due to the rushed aspect.

[beepboopbeep]

Are you limited to firms that you bid on (but didn't get)? The emails from OCS seem to indicate yes but I just want to be sure ahead of time due to the rushed aspect.

Students who bid for an employer but did not get an employer can take advantage of a 24-hour first-come, first-served, open signup process via Symplicity. You need not have bid for an employer to see if any blank time slots are available.

So I'm guessing yes, but it's a bit unclear.

[Neal Patrick Harris]

Are you limited to firms that you bid on (but didn't get)? The emails from OCS seem to indicate yes but I just want to be sure ahead of time due to the rushed aspect.

Students who bid for an employer but did not get an employer can take advantage of a 24-hour first-come, first-served, open signup process via Symplicity. You need not have bid for an employer to see if any blank time slots are available.

So I'm guessing yes, but it's a bit unclear.

We weren't limited to firms we bid last year.

[Anonymous User]

so much anxiety waiting to start watching everyone else wraps-up OCI

[Anonymous User]

Any idea why Jones Day Chicago only has 9 slots? Thought they added 21. Are people signing up before open-sign ups somehow?

[Anonymous User]

Any idea why Jones Day Chicago only has 9 slots? Thought they added 21. Are people signing up before open-sign ups somehow?

Paul Woo automatically added people who just missed them with bidding. I think it was up to around 7th or so. For people who are below that threshold, you will have to wait until open sign ups.

[Anonymous User]

Makes sense, thanks!