SEO Corporate Law Forum

[Skadden Stairs]

Not rejected yet... still waiting for it after my fail interview. But I can once again update my acceptances online, so that's something? I think the screen looks different somehow, though, but I'm not sure where...

[treple]

Still alive... I didn't exactly go to a top undergrad though...

[jaen78]

Maybe tomorrow might be the day for some acceptance phone calls? Here's hoping for good news! 60 spots seems like a fair amount given our crap-tastic economy.....

[summertimechi]

no idea how i'm still alive. perhaps because i haven't given them a seat deposit receipt yet. hmmm.

[jubileeez]

Not rejected yet... still waiting for it after my fail interview. But I can once again update my acceptances online, so that's something? I think the screen looks different somehow, though, but I'm not sure where...

yeah. i think my status used to say decision available or something with a link to a page telling me they've decided to wait to make a decision on my file, but now it looks just like yours, with "submitted" as the status.

[magnumxlv]

no idea how i'm still alive. perhaps because i haven't given them a seat deposit receipt yet. hmmm.

Same with me. I didn't think my interview went well, but I would love this internship. I hope my soon to be deposit at an SEO "feeder" school works in my favor.

[jubileeez]

any news today?

[treple]

I've got news... PM's though.

[jubileeez]

rejected via email this morning

[cougarlive]

rejected via email this morning

That is unbelievable. Sorry to hear that.

[daisyduck]

rejected via email this morning

WHAT??????????? Aren't you HLS/YLS-bound????? That is unbelievable.

[jubileeez]

yeah, i'll be going to YLS in the fall.

thanks for the sympathy! im an international applicant so i guess the chances are different for us...or i just really bombed my interview. anyway, good luck to everyone else still waiting!

[Kohinoor]

rejected via email this morning

Summer off before Yale Law School sounds awesome actually.

[cougarlive]

My guess is that they place a WHOLE LOT more weight on one's background than where they get in (unless I am an anomaly). I have yet to get a law school acceptance (a few waitlists), have "OK" numbers, still got an interview a day after sending in my application, and still alive at SEO.

For those of you who have gotten accepted or rejected--would you consider your upbringing "privileged" or "underprivileged"? (taking into account parent's education level, socioeconomic status, etc.)

[jubileeez]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

[daisyduck]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

Damn. Props to your parents. And of course to you too, on YLS

Yeah I think your public-interest stance may have had a lot to do with it. When SEO came to my campus for recruiting, they explicitly said if you want to do public interest, there's a separate Philanthropy program. Corporate Law Program is, indeed, for those who want to succeed in corporate law firms.

[Kohinoor]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

God I'm jealous right now.

[cougarlive]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

Yeah, then my theory doesn't hold for you. I am in a similar boat as you though. I am a first generation Mexican-American who just got Permanent Residency. Parents and I worked in the fields (them picking strawberries, me bucking hay bales). First in my family to go to college. Also heavily involved in public interest and non-profits.

Anyone else care to chime in?

[Kohinoor]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

Yeah, then my theory doesn't hold for you. I am in a similar boat as you though. I am a first generation Mexican-American who just got Permanent Residency. Parents and I worked in the fields (them picking strawberries, me bucking hay bales). First in my family to go to college. Also heavily involved in public interest and non-profits.

Anyone else care to chime in?

SEO wants people who will be successful in large corporate firms and give back to SEO. I got dropped because of my grades and jubilee because she doesn't want to be a drone.

[TheNerdProject]

My guess is that they place a WHOLE LOT more weight on one's background than where they get in (unless I am an anomaly). I have yet to get a law school acceptance (a few waitlists), have "OK" numbers, still got an interview a day after sending in my application, and still alive at SEO.

For those of you who have gotten accepted or rejected--would you consider your upbringing "privileged" or "underprivileged"? (taking into account parent's education level, socioeconomic status, etc.)

I won't get into specifics but I got rejected and my backround is definitely underprivileged.

[yorubella]

Hmm. Interesting theory. I got into a SEO undergraduate program, and I noticed that everyone else came from very prestigious schools, whereas I go to a no name school and my GPA is not that great and I don't think my interview went that well. I'm Black but do come from a pretty privileged economic background, and it shows. Maybe this had something to do with my acceptance?

[dramaqueen_87]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

I've been involved with a lot of human rights/public interest organizations and that came up in my interview as well. I wonder what bearing that will have on my decision, especially since I haven't sent a seat deposit yet. Good luck to you@ YLS!

[kurla88]

My guess is that they place a WHOLE LOT more weight on one's background than where they get in (unless I am an anomaly). I have yet to get a law school acceptance (a few waitlists), have "OK" numbers, still got an interview a day after sending in my application, and still alive at SEO.

For those of you who have gotten accepted or rejected--would you consider your upbringing "privileged" or "underprivileged"? (taking into account parent's education level, socioeconomic status, etc.)

I'm relatively privileged...

[legends159]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

and yes, now that ive recovered from being caught off-guard, im actually really excited about having a free summer! gives me time to go back to China and do everything i haven't been able to do in my undergrad summers.

You have the same background I do. Except I didn't grow up in Bedford, I grew up in Chinatown in the lower east side. I guess I won't be getting the SEO either.

[daisyduck]

i grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant; i'm a first-generation immigrant (though i still do not have citizenship here) and my parents worked their way up from Chinatown sweatshops.

ive only been involved with public-interest organizations (and heavily) and that really came out on my resume and during the interview. i have a feeling they picked up on the fact that i wasnt really into corporate law, but just wanted to take a random stab at it.

You have the same background I do. Except I didn't grow up in Bedford, I grew up in Chinatown in the lower east side. I guess I won't be getting the SEO either.

I don't think it's so much whether you come from a privileged/unprivileged background - like someone said earlier, it's probably whether you're interested in the corporate legal world and therefore fund/help SEO later in your career. After all, they are non-profit and operate only through donations and fundraisers.