i'm math challenged...tell me my class rank at UofM? Forum

[Anonymous User]

ended up getting a low grade this semester that dragged down my fairly decent 1st semester gpa. sigh. and on top of that i am clueless as to how ppl figure out their rank at mich. can anyone tell me around what percentile i'm at with a 3.383? and how screwed i am for oci? i'd really appreciate it. thanks.

[thesealocust]

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[Anonymous User]

OP, you are my GPA twin, except for the last decimal place!

I've been struggling with this ranking thing in the past week, too. FYI, there is a "class ranking letter" by Dean B. on the clerkship webpage, and it contains detailed GPA info for the graduating classes of 05-09. For 1Ls, I think the cutoffs should be slightly lower, for reasons that we all know. I was told that 3.4 = top 1/3, and median is probably 3.25 - but that's purely anecdotal.

[kritiosboy]

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[Hitachi]

3.13 to 3.25.
Realistically, it's pretty much always 3.23.

[PKSebben]

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[james18]

anyone know where a 3.616 puts you?

[thesealocust]

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[romothesavior]

Can you guys just run over to Dean Z's office and tell her to admit me? K thx bai.

[Anonymous User]

Top third.

You aren't screwed at all. Be smart and proactive.

Your estimation sounds legit but leans towards the optimistic side - I thought it would be top 40%. May I know how you figured that out? thanks!

*fingers crossed hoping that thesealocust is accurate*

[thesealocust]

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[Anonymous User]

Top third.

You aren't screwed at all. Be smart and proactive.

Your estimation sounds legit but leans towards the optimistic side - I thought it would be top 40%. May I know how you figured that out? thanks!

*fingers crossed hoping that thesealocust is accurate*

It would be top third at UVA and Michigan has a (very slightly) lower curve *shrug*

My guess is it's top 35% worst case scenario. I did bucketloads of normalized curve ranking math wizardry last semester, I can eyeball it now, especially for schools where I know the general spread.

Except Northwestern. I don't and never will understand that school's fucking curve.

My bad. How could I forget you being the math / statistics guy in that thread! You rendered my economics PhD friend useless

Thanks for the patience, dude.

[Anonymous User]

I think it's around top 35% or so...what's your bidding strategy? I'm around top 1/3 too and have no idea where to bid.

[Anonymous User]

ok I know this is obnoxious, but what about a 3.716 after 1L? I know that's probably top 10% after graduation due to the clerkship guidelines, but what about after 1L year? and could someone explain how to calculate this?

[thesealocust]

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[Anonymous User]

What about a 3.55?

[Anonymous User]

what about a 3.066? (horrid, i know)

[Anonymous User]

Look at Dean Baum's memo under Clerkship resources.

[Anonymous User]

I think it's around top 35% or so...what's your bidding strategy? I'm around top 1/3 too and have no idea where to bid.

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[NYAssociate]

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[Anonymous User]

For Top Third (IMO) (these are all NYC offices):

Reaches (I wouldn't devote too many bids to these):
Paul Weiss
Simpson Thacher
Skadden (Wildcard firm: Because the summer class sizes are so small... this place is just too hard to predict IMO)
Kirkland & Ellis (Wildcard. Personality is huge here)
Gibson Dunn (Wild card. See K&E above)

Targets:
Shearman & Sterling
Akin Gump
Jones Day (Wild Card)
Milbank
Ropes
Dewey
Weil
Sidley
Hughes Hubbard (Wildcard)
Fried Frank
Linklaters
Freshfields
Allen & Overy

Safeties (insofar as they're easier to get than the targets... there aren't really any safeties ITE)
Mayer
Schulte
Stroock
OMM
Winston & Strawn
Dechert
White & Case
Kramer Levin (Wildcard)
Kaye Scholer

This is so good. Thanks!

[chicagolaw2013]

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