ITT Transfer OCI: Help Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:57 am

There have been a few random questions about this in the transfer forum, but nothing with substantial feedback. I'll start us off . . .

I'm transferring to UCLA/Texas/Vandy from a T30 school (22%) that doesn't have a bidding process and I'm having trouble figuring out where I should bid. I realize that OCI is not a guarantee, transfer are hard to judge, blablabla, but I need some general help.

What is the Vault range that a top 20% at a T30 should bid on? I'm looking at a lot of the employer requirements and they seem to have "preferred" gpa cut offs of 3.3 (UCLA's median).

Example:
Latham requires a 3.4 (which I am above by enough that it seems reasonable to bid for it) but it is ranked 17th, which seems so high it may be a waste of a bid.

I would really appreciate any help (or guesses, estimates, anecdotes, etc.) people could give me.

NYAssociate · Post by **NYAssociate** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:02 am

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:05 am

NYAssociate wrote:Don't let Vault rank fool you into thinking that the firm is hard to attain. Though Weil is (GULC of the) Vault 10, and Skadden is (was?) (GULC of the) Vault 5, firms like Irell, Munger, W&C, Boies, and Gibson (to name a few) are significantly more selective.

OP: Thanks for your help. Is there anyway to find this type of information? I noticed the cut-offs were higher for Irell/Gibson, based on the OCI requirements, but there are some who don't have any GPAs listed. I've done a decent amount of searching for this information, and have been striking out.

NYAssociate · Post by **NYAssociate** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:19 am

rando · Post by **rando** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:48 am

None of the above firms are going to matter for op who should be shooting very low re selectivity/vault and hoping to get a job.

I would guess 50/50 on getting a paid firm job

NYAssociate · Post by **NYAssociate** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:51 am

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:37 am

rando wrote:None of the above firms are going to matter for op who should be shooting very low re selectivity/vault and hoping to get a job.

I would guess 50/50 on getting a paid firm job

OP: You're probably right, I'm trying to maximize my chances with bidding smart.

I'm assuming, from this, that I should be bidding V50-100 and non vault firms?

rando · Post by **rando** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:44 am

Anonymous User wrote:
rando wrote:None of the above firms are going to matter for op who should be shooting very low re selectivity/vault and hoping to get a job.

I would guess 50/50 on getting a paid firm job
OP: You're probably right, I'm trying to maximize my chances with bidding smart.

I'm assuming, from this, that I should be bidding V50-100 and non vault firms?

That would be my play.

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