3.41 at GULC w/ WE... thoughts on bidding? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Thought I would jump on the bid-advice bandwagon. Any help would be appreciated.

Other info:
-- Deans list last year (top 1/3)
-- Would like to head to TX (Austin ideally, but Houston and Dallas are more realistic).
--- Family lives in Dallas, w/ strong ties to Austin.
--- Staying in DC would also be ok (or heading anywhere I can get a job, really... not NYC, though)
-- 5 Years of federal law enforcement/counterintelligence background (special agent)
-- Air Force officer
-- Married w/ 3-yr-old daughter
-- Looking for good QOL firm (considering Haynes and Boone, etc). Prestige is less important.

Thanks in advance!

[Richie Tenenbaum]

Interested in the responses to this.

[bwv812]

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[Anonymous User]

People are probably going to need to know where 3.41 places you under the new curve.

I'd be interested in knowing if CS has given you any ideas/suggestions, either.

OP here. I'm a rising 3rd year evening student, so I got placed on the curve last summer (I don't believe they do it again after our second year, since half the PT students transferred to FT). Top 1/3rd was 3.39 last year (I hit it right on the dot), but I don't know how much the new curve effects things.

I have a telephonic appt w/ OCS on Friday, so I'll let you know what they say. They just want me to have a bid skeleton going into the meeting so they have something to analyze, which is why I'm coming here.

[Anonymous User]

OP here. OCS wasn't very helpful, so I could use a little help. Here's a really unsophisticated, rough start to my bidding.

1. Haynes and Boone (Austin, Houston, Dallas)
2. Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP (Austin, Dallas, Houston)
3. Jones Day (Dallas, Houston)
4. V&E (Dallas)
5. Baker Botts (Dallas)
6. Fried, Frank (DC)
7. hogan lovells (DC)
8. Latham (Houston)
9. Mayer Brown (Houston)
10. hogan lovells (McLean)
11. Latham (DC)
12. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Houston, Dallas)
13. Patton Boggs (Dallas)
14. Wilson Sonsini (Austin, DC)
15. McDermott Will & Emery (Houston)
16. Baker Hostetler (Houston)
17. Dechert (Austin)
18. Dorsey & Whitney (Minneapolis) --> Wife would like to move there...
19. Bryan Cave (DC)
20. Alston & Bird (Dallas)
21. Cadwalader (DC)

Any advice/experience/feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

[Hiei]

Not really related to anything but just thought I'd say that you have a really cool background! Good luck with OCI!

[nealric]

Shoot me a PM about Haynes and Boone. I can be of assistance.

[Anonymous User]

Shoot me a PM about Haynes and Boone. I can be of assistance.

PM sent.

[Anonymous User]

Geez, man, why don't you tell us your social security number also? Have any noticeable scars? Can you post your dental records?

Might seem far-fetched, but you may want to think about preparing for interview questions such as "So, if you are as interested in working here as you say, how come you ranked us #20?"

[nealric]

Might seem far-fetched, but you may want to think about preparing for interview questions such as "So, if you are as interested in working here as you say, how come you ranked us #20?"

Someone's a bit paranoid. Firms will google your name and bring up your facebook profile. They won't hire a private investigator to hunt around the interwebz looking for clues to the real identity of anonymous message board posters.