2013 UVA OGI Thread Forum

[Anonymous User]

Paul Hastings (SD) ding via email

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Venable Baltimore CB via telephone. 8/22 ~ 9:30AM

Congrats! I wonder if DC is moving...

[Anonymous User]

Paul Hastings (SD) ding via email

Same here... Really bummed about this one.

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Axinn ding via email. Actually, via four emails. They sent me four rejection emails.

They just wanted to make sure there was not any doubt.

Yes that was great. Ding ding ding ding

[Anonymous User]

Which axinn office?

[Anonymous User]

Crowell and Moring Ding (DC) ding via email.

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Any word proskauer ny?

[Anonymous User]

Fried Frank DC callback

[Anonymous User]

Arnold & Porter and Crowell & Moring dings via email.

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

Almost the exact same experience. Top 10%, not VLR and only one DC CB. Not stressing, just want to let everyone know they're not alone.

[Anonymous User]

Cadwalader ny ding

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Anyone heard from Morgan Lewis or Foley DC? I know some Morgan Lewis Philly CBs went out...

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard from Morgan Lewis or Foley DC? I know some Morgan Lewis Philly CBs went out...

Also want to know about Morgan Lewis.

[Anonymous User]

Any movement heard of from Drinker Biddle Philly?

[Anonymous User]

Foley DC ding via email

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Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

What is top 10 percent? Is there creedence to the argument 3.5 v 3.7 doesn't matter for this process? If so I regret not having a life.

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

What is top 10 percent? Is there creedence to the argument 3.5 v 3.7 doesn't matter for this process? If so I regret not having a life.

Anon post from above - I assume 3.65 is top 10%? In my experience there is a huge difference between 3.5 and 3.7 in the big markets. Mainly because you are competing against all the VLR people...or I was in almost all my interview rooms.

[Anonymous User]

Anything from mcdermott will and emery yet?

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

What is top 10 percent? Is there creedence to the argument 3.5 v 3.7 doesn't matter for this process? If so I regret not having a life.

Anon post from above - I assume 3.65 is top 10%? In my experience there is a huge difference between 3.5 and 3.7 in the big markets. Mainly because you are competing against all the VLR people...or I was in almost all my interview rooms.

Still unsure as to why this matters a lot. The firm would just callback more people from UVa, and less from Penn?

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

Almost the exact same experience. Top 10%, not VLR and only one DC CB. Not stressing, just want to let everyone know they're not alone.

Do you have any other callbacks in other markets, or did you go all in on DC? I've been concerned about the # of VLR people who seem to be on secondary market interview lists also. Wondering if VLR members are just hoarding all the CBs in all markets...is top 10% having trouble all across the board this year?

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Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

What is top 10 percent? Is there creedence to the argument 3.5 v 3.7 doesn't matter for this process? If so I regret not having a life.

Top 10% is approximately a 3.65. The difference between a 3.5 vs. a 3.7 isn't that significant except for very few firms (Cravath, S&C, W&C, Cov., GDC - DC). That's not to say the difference doesn't matter, but if your peers with 3.5s have stronger resumes and interview better than you, they're probably going to perform better at OGI.

I wouldn't "regret not having a life." If you're unhappy with your firm, keep your grades up, secure a federal clerkship, and switch firms. It's a lot easier to do that with a 3.65 than with a 3.5.

[Anonymous User]

Hogan, Paul Hastings and Arnold & Porter ding via email

For data point: Top 10% (not VLR), bid all DC = 2 callbacks. Keep hanging in there everyone!

Almost the exact same experience. Top 10%, not VLR and only one DC CB. Not stressing, just want to let everyone know they're not alone.

Do you have any other callbacks in other markets, or did you go all in on DC? I've been concerned about the # of VLR people who seem to be on secondary market interview lists also. Wondering if VLR members are just hoarding all the CBs in all markets...is top 10% having trouble all across the board this year?

Yeah, that's the reason I'm not stressing. I've been fortunate enough to get a couple CBs in secondary markets, but there's also a good number of the secondary firms that haven't gotten back to me either way.

[Anonymous User]

I'm top 15% with 11 callbacks in secondary, NY, and DC. Not urm. not VLR. some work experience.

[thesealocust]

Every year some people with sterling credentials struggle and some people with less sterling credentials shine. You want to be the person with high grades, but they are not the only factor and they aren't sufficient on their own.

Don't get neurotic about minute differences and DEFINITELY don't compare yourself to other individuals or groups. Solve all anxiety by applying to more jobs and get the hell off of TLS / out of the thread where people are tracking receipt of callbacks.