bid on office with geographic ties or larger class? Forum

[Alyosha]

A number of the firms coming to OCI are interviewing for multiple offices. In the geographic ties thread, the consensus was that you should not to bid on multiple offices within the same firm. So in deciding which office to bid on, should I bid on the office with a larger class size in a city I have not ties to (Atlanta), or bid on the office where I have ties but they only take a handful of SA's for that office (less than 10)? Any thoughts on this? School is a T30, and I need to maximize my chances of getting a job (read: I'll take a job anywhere to pay down all this debt).

[270910]

None of the above. Or, if you have nowhere else to bid, probably ties + smaller class. Unless you're at Emory or something, in which case your school is a tie and you go for big class size.

[Alyosha]

Thanks a lot Disco. I appreciate the response. I guess I should have clarified the word "bid." I'm at a 100% preselect school and there are not that many firms coming to OCI, so I am just applying to all of them and hoping something pans out. I assume your advice still stands though, that it is better to apply to the office with the small class size, but where I have ties?

[270910]

Thanks a lot Disco. I appreciate the response. I guess I should have clarified the word "bid." I'm at a 100% preselect school and there are not that many firms coming to OCI, so I am just applying to all of them and hoping something pans out. I assume your advice still stands though, that it is better to apply to the office with the small class size, but where I have ties?

I'd imagine. At this point then it depends on your rank and school location. If you're doing good but not great, and are in Seattle but Atlanta has the big office, yeah bid where you have ties.

Basically bid where you have ties unless you really want the location with the bigger classes + have stellar grades and/or a passable story.