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CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:41 pm

Anyone know the odds of getting an offer after a CB from Goodwin Procter, Fitzpatrick Cella, Frommer Lawrence, and Paul Hastings?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by rayiner » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:41 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Anyone know the odds of getting an offer after a CB from Goodwin Procter, Fitzpatrick Cella, Frommer Lawrence, and Paul Hastings?
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Re: CB Ratios

Post by 270910 » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:43 pm

Depends on when you do the CB, your grades, the school you come from, the firm's relationship with your school, how big they're planning to make their class this year, your personality, the location/office of the firm, etc.

Safe to say probably no less than 30% and no greater than 100%?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:46 pm

disco_barred wrote:Depends on when you do the CB, your grades, the school you come from, the firm's relationship with your school, how big they're planning to make their class this year, your personality, the location/office of the firm, etc.

Safe to say probably no less than 30% and no greater than 100%?
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Re: CB Ratios

Post by 270910 » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:49 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
disco_barred wrote:Depends on when you do the CB, your grades, the school you come from, the firm's relationship with your school, how big they're planning to make their class this year, your personality, the location/office of the firm, etc.

Safe to say probably no less than 30% and no greater than 100%?
New York
Historic (i.e. better times) data from a T6:

Goodwin: A bit over 50%
Fitzpatrick: No data
Frommer: 0%
PH: ~60-70%

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:56 pm

disco_barred wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
disco_barred wrote:Depends on when you do the CB, your grades, the school you come from, the firm's relationship with your school, how big they're planning to make their class this year, your personality, the location/office of the firm, etc.

Safe to say probably no less than 30% and no greater than 100%?
New York
Historic (i.e. better times) data from a T6:

Goodwin: A bit over 50%
Fitzpatrick: No data
Frommer: 0%
PH: ~60-70%
That means that 70% of those called back got an offer as a summer associate? wow...

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:29 pm

Data from last year from CLS:

Fitzpatrick: 40%
Goodwin: ~66%
Frommer: No data
Paul Hastings: ~50%

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:40 am

Anonymous User wrote:Data from last year from CLS:

Fitzpatrick: 40%
Goodwin: ~66%
Frommer: No data
Paul Hastings: ~50%
But from a T2 school, which I am at, the numbers will be much lower?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by kurla88 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:55 am

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Data from last year from CLS:

Fitzpatrick: 40%
Goodwin: ~66%
Frommer: No data
Paul Hastings: ~50%
But from a T2 school, which I am at, the numbers will be much lower?
Not necessarily. The fact that you got a callback from a T2 school means they probably like you a lot already. Honestly, does it matter? You have to go and rock it out either way.

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:20 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Data from last year from CLS:

Fitzpatrick: 40%
Goodwin: ~66%
Frommer: No data
Paul Hastings: ~50%
Do you have any info on the New York offices of these firms?

Jones Day
Gibson Dunn
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Ropes and Gray
Dechert

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:42 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Do you have any info on the New York offices of these firms?

Jones Day
Gibson Dunn
OMM
Ropes and Gray
Dechert
Jones Day: 30%
Gibson Dunn: ~67%
OMM: ~33%
Ropes: ~40%
Dechert: ~33%

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:42 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Do you have any info on the New York offices of these firms?

Jones Day
Gibson Dunn
OMM
Ropes and Gray
Dechert
Jones Day: 30%
Gibson Dunn: ~67%
OMM: ~33%
Ropes: ~40%
Dechert: ~33%
Where do people get these numbers?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by vanwinkle » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:45 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Data from last year from CLS:

Fitzpatrick: 40%
Goodwin: ~66%
Frommer: No data
Paul Hastings: ~50%
But from a T2 school, which I am at, the numbers will be much lower?
Statistics only matter as a general predictor; they don't guarantee or even assure success or failure. What if the offer rate was only 1%, but it turned out you had something in common with the 1% from your school that got one every year?

Go out and rock it, and don't sweat it. It doesn't matter what the odds are, it matters how you do. You're being given a chance to sell yourself, so sell yourself instead of sweating statistics.

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:46 pm

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Where do people get these numbers?
CLS gives us a sheet with EIP numbers broken out by firm - number of bids, screeners, callbacks extended, callbacks accepted, offers, and acceptances.

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by chup » Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:04 pm

Be sure to print off all the OCS data you can find for firms whose CB:offer ratio is better than 50%. Then, when you are interviewing with partners for the callback, just drop the statistics on their desk, say "I'm willing to bet on these odds," and walk away.

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:07 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Do you have any info on the New York offices of these firms?

Jones Day
Gibson Dunn
OMM
Ropes and Gray
Dechert
Jones Day: 30%
Gibson Dunn: ~67%
OMM: ~33%
Ropes: ~40%
Dechert: ~33%

Thanks a lot! Hopefully I can land an offer from one of them!

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:36 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Do you have any info on the New York offices of these firms?

Jones Day
Gibson Dunn
OMM
Ropes and Gray
Dechert
Jones Day: 30%
Gibson Dunn: ~67%
OMM: ~33%
Ropes: ~40%
Dechert: ~33%
What about the New York offices of the following?
Chadbourne Parke
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Re: CB Ratios

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by shmoo597 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:22 pm

Yea, if someone could post the document, that'd be awesome.

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:35 pm

dood wrote:y not just make the whole doc public?

thanks!
+1

or, alternatively,

willkie farr
milbank
allen&overy
paul weiss
sheppard mullin

all nyc offices, thanks!

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:09 pm

OCS gave it to us in hard-copy and i don't even know where I might find a scanner.

chadbourne - 2/7(accepted, 12 CB offered)
linklaters - 4/8
willkie farr - 11/17
milbank - 6/20
allen&overy - 10/16
paul weiss - 23/41
sheppard mullin - 1/12

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:11 pm

dood wrote:y not just make the whole doc public?

thanks!
y not just ask your school for this information?

edit: since bidding is over everywhere, this information is totally irrelevant and will not help in any decision-making.
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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:11 pm

1/12 for Sheppard? OUCH.

How about Orrick or Sidley (NYC)?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:13 pm

Any info on WilmerHale?

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Re: CB Ratios

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:15 pm

Do you mind checking the following:

Simpson Thacher
Morrison Foerster
Mayer Brown
Irell

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