Cornell Updated Bid List - Bottom 3rd Forum

[Anonymous User]

3.26, probably no journal. did 1 international legal internship in undergrad, 1 year WE, 1 foreign language. I posted before but got some flack for being too aggressive. Hopefully this is more in line. Also, am i pretty much fucked?

Day 1
1. Stroock
2. Seward Kissel
3. Schulte
4. Cadwalader
5. Lowenstein
6. Proskauer
7. Milbank
8. Holland & Knight
9. Carter Ledyard
10. Chadbourne & Park
11. Bressler
12. Kasowitz
13. White & Case
14. Fried Frank
15. Ropes & Gray

Day 2
1. Brown Rudnick
2. Allen & Overy
3. Dechert
4. Wilkie Farr
5. Alston & Bird
6. clifford chance
7. Cahill
8. Crowell & Moring
9. GW Procter NY
10. Sidley Austin
11. Duane Morris NY
12. hogan lovells
13. Morgan Lewis NY
14. Paul Hastings
15. Paul Weiss

Day 3
1. Blank Rome
2. Linklaters
3. Reed Smith
4. Winston Strawn
5. Pillsbury
6. Bryan Cave
7. Freshfields
8. Epstein Becker
9. Hughes Hubbard
10. Shearman
11. Kirkland
12. Perkins Coie
13. Richards Layton
14. Kaye Scholer
15. Baker Hostetler

[Arbiter213]

3.26, probably no journal. did 1 international legal internship in undergrad, 1 year WE, 1 foreign language. I posted before but got some flack for being too aggressive. Hopefully this is more in line. Also, am i pretty much fucked?

Day 1
1. Stroock
2. Seward Kissel
3. Schulte
4. Cadwalader
5. Lowenstein
6. Proskauer
7. Milbank
8. Holland & Knight
9. Carter Ledyard
10. Chadbourne & Park
11. Bressler
12. Kasowitz
13. White & Case
14. Fried Frank
15. Ropes & Gray

Day 2
1. Brown Rudnick
2. Allen & Overy
3. Dechert
4. Wilkie Farr
5. Alston & Bird
6. Clifford Chance
7. Cahill
8. Crowell & Moring
9. GW Procter NY
10. Sidley Austin
11. Duane Morris NY
12. Hogan Lovells
13. Morgan Lewis NY
14. Paul Hastings
15. Paul Weiss

Day 3
1. Blank Rome
2. Linklaters
3. Reed Smith
4. Winston Strawn
5. Pillsbury
6. Bryan Cave
7. Freshfields
8. Epstein Becker
9. Hughes Hubbard
10. Shearman
11. Kirkland
12. Perkins Coie
13. Richards Layton
14. Kaye Scholer
15. Baker Hostetler

This is much more reasonable. One or two things:

1. Don't limit yourself to 15 firms. Bid ALL the firms. There's no limit, and you NEED a full schedule. One or two of the firms you have in there low are just completely wasted- Kirkland will not happen, nor will Paul Weiss, nor Ropes (NYC or Boston). It's fine to bid them, but there's no reason to put them ahead of firms you stand a chance at. And again, you need to bid more than 15 firms a day. These are all NY presumably?

[Anonymous User]

Looks reasonable but just remove all V10 firms because it's just not happening and is a waste of a bid. Replace them with something more reasonable.

[clone22]

3.26, probably no journal. did 1 international legal internship in undergrad, 1 year WE, 1 foreign language. I posted before but got some flack for being too aggressive. Hopefully this is more in line. Also, am i pretty much fucked?

Day 1
1. Stroock
2. Seward Kissel
3. Schulte
4. Cadwalader
5. Lowenstein
6. Proskauer
7. Milbank
8. Holland & Knight
9. Carter Ledyard
10. Chadbourne & Park
11. Bressler
12. Kasowitz
13. White & Case
14. Fried Frank
15. Ropes & Gray

Day 2
1. Brown Rudnick
2. Allen & Overy
3. Dechert
4. Wilkie Farr
5. Alston & Bird
6. Clifford Chance
7. Cahill
8. Crowell & Moring
9. GW Procter NY
10. Sidley Austin
11. Duane Morris NY
12. Hogan Lovells
13. Morgan Lewis NY
14. Paul Hastings
15. Paul Weiss

Day 3
1. Blank Rome
2. Linklaters
3. Reed Smith
4. Winston Strawn
5. Pillsbury
6. Bryan Cave
7. Freshfields
8. Epstein Becker
9. Hughes Hubbard
10. Shearman
11. Kirkland
12. Perkins Coie
13. Richards Layton
14. Kaye Scholer
15. Baker Hostetler

This is much more reasonable. One or two things:

1. Don't limit yourself to 15 firms. Bid ALL the firms. There's no limit, and you NEED a full schedule. One or two of the firms you have in there low are just completely wasted- Kirkland will not happen, nor will Paul Weiss, nor Ropes (NYC or Boston). It's fine to bid them, but there's no reason to put them ahead of firms you stand a chance at. And again, you need to bid more than 15 firms a day. These are all NY presumably?

holy hell arbiter, 5000 posts? Ithaca that boring in the summer?

OP: yes, much more reasonable bid list. And as arbiter said, no reason not to do at least 20-25 bids.

[Arbiter213]

holy hell arbiter, 5000 posts? Ithaca that boring in the summer?

OP: yes, much more reasonable bid list. And as arbiter said, no reason not to do at least 20-25 bids.

I guess you know who I am And yes. Yes it is. (I just noticed I'd cracked 5k myself, earlier this evening. I was shocked too.)

[Anonymous User]

Seems like we are GPA twins, OP. Bringing back OP's second inquiry, how fucked are we?

[clone22]

Seems like we are GPA twins, OP. Bringing back OP's second inquiry, how fucked are we?

Not fucked at all if we are to believe what DeRosa is saying. Apparently there are plenty of market paying NY firms that would be happy to take Cornells at any grade. Might not be SullCrom, but do you really care? As long as you're not too discriminating at the name of the firm, order the "flexible" ones by decreasing order of SA class and bid away. Also you could try a few "moderates" if you're either diverse (URM), or speak a language the firm lists as useful/has an office in the country speaking that language.

DeRosa says that people normally get 15-20 screeners. As long as you're above their "low" callback number, it'll be about not being an aspie/ selling yourself as a Cornell.

We're surprisingly well prepared for the real world. I'm working for a state judge right now, and holy hell. Most of the lawyers that show up here would fail Lawyering miserably. Crap, when practicing lawyers don't know what a material breach is/why a material breach is important in a breach of contract claim, that says something.

[Arbiter213]

Seems like we are GPA twins, OP. Bringing back OP's second inquiry, how fucked are we?

Hard to say. I would say only marginally, unless you're a terrible interviewer.

[Lincoln]

Seems like we are GPA twins, OP. Bringing back OP's second inquiry, how fucked are we?

You likely won't have the luxury of being choosy, but assuming you can carry a conversation you should not have a problem getting at least one offer. Do what you can to not leave it to chance by preparing and getting honest opinions on your bid list and your interviewing skills.

[ajaxconstructions]

Considering plenty of people above median strike out, I'd say pretty fucked, especially if you are looking for a market paying biglaw job.

[Lincoln]

Considering plenty of people above median strike out, I'd say pretty fucked, especially if you are looking for a market paying biglaw job.

And your source for this statement?

[ajaxconstructions]

Considering plenty of people above median strike out, I'd say pretty fucked, especially if you are looking for a market paying biglaw job.

And your source for this statement?

The same source that you use for your statements. General employment data + anecdotes.

I personally know a couple of people who struck out above median. Considering people don't exactly advertise being OCIPWNED and taking into account ITE Cornell places around 50% into biglaw, there are plenty of people above median who must strike out. HTH.

[ajaxconstructions]

Seems like we are GPA twins, OP. Bringing back OP's second inquiry, how fucked are we?

Not fucked at all if we are to believe what DeRosa is saying. Apparently there are plenty of market paying NY firms that would be happy to take Cornells at any grade. Might not be SullCrom, but do you really care? As long as you're not too discriminating at the name of the firm, order the "flexible" ones by decreasing order of SA class and bid away. Also you could try a few "moderates" if you're either diverse (URM), or speak a language the firm lists as useful/has an office in the country speaking that language.

DeRosa says that people normally get 15-20 screeners. As long as you're above their "low" callback number, it'll be about not being an aspie/ selling yourself as a Cornell.

We're surprisingly well prepared for the real world. I'm working for a state judge right now, and holy hell. Most of the lawyers that show up here would fail Lawyering miserably. Crap, when practicing lawyers don't know what a material breach is/why a material breach is important in a breach of contract claim, that says something.

Someone is drinking the kool-aid. Grades matter at Cornell. They matter a lot to marketing paying firms. We are no Harvard.

[HeavenWood]

Considering plenty of people above median strike out, I'd say pretty fucked, especially if you are looking for a market paying biglaw job.

And your source for this statement?

The same source that you use for your statements. General employment data + anecdotes.

I personally know a couple of people who struck out above median. Considering people don't exactly advertise being OCIPWNED and taking into account ITE Cornell places around 50% into biglaw, there are plenty of people above median who must strike out. HTH.

Plenty of people above median "must" strike out? Are you sure?

[ajaxconstructions]

Considering plenty of people above median strike out, I'd say pretty fucked, especially if you are looking for a market paying biglaw job.

And your source for this statement?

The same source that you use for your statements. General employment data + anecdotes.

I personally know a couple of people who struck out above median. Considering people don't exactly advertise being OCIPWNED and taking into account ITE Cornell places around 50% into biglaw, there are plenty of people above median who must strike out. HTH.

Plenty of people above median "must" strike out? Are you sure?

Yes. Median isn't a magic line at Cornell where suddenly everyone above it gets a market paying job.

[HeavenWood]

^So what's the cutoff point where it becomes a crapshoot?

[ajaxconstructions]

^So what's the cutoff point where it becomes a crapshoot?

Who knows. But it isn't median.

[HeavenWood]

^So what's the cutoff point where it becomes a crapshoot?

Who knows. But it isn't median.

Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Maybe your sample size of two was unusually aspie. Either way, I would suspect "some" people strike out above median. "Many" seems too harsh, especially when you account for self-selection into Article III clerkships/preftigiouf PI. Or maybe you like being an alarmist.

[ajaxconstructions]

^So what's the cutoff point where it becomes a crapshoot?

Who knows. But it isn't median.

Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Maybe your sample size of two was unusually aspie. Either way, I would suspect "some" people strike out above median. "Many" seems too harsh, especially when you account for self-selection into Article III clerkships/preftigiouf PI. Or maybe you like being an alarmist.

A3 clerkship is barely 7%. As for preftigiouf PI, I don't have an exact number but it's super low considering how biglaw focused everyone at Cornell is.

And "many" isn't being alarmist. I also know plenty of people BELOW median who got a biglaw job. Unless Cornell is suddenly placing 70%+ into biglaw, if you account for URM/IP/Below Median who got a job at OCI, it's undeniable that MANY above medians struck out.

[Ikki]

Way yo be a jackass with an alt account Ajax. (more than this thread, I'm referring to your overall douchbaggery all over the Cornell threads)

[HeavenWood]

^So what's the cutoff point where it becomes a crapshoot?

Who knows. But it isn't median.

Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Maybe your sample size of two was unusually aspie. Either way, I would suspect "some" people strike out above median. "Many" seems too harsh, especially when you account for self-selection into Article III clerkships/preftigiouf PI. Or maybe you like being an alarmist.

A3 clerkship is barely 7%. As for preftigiouf PI, I don't have an exact number but it's super low considering how biglaw focused everyone at Cornell is.

And "many" isn't being alarmist. I also know plenty of people BELOW median who got a biglaw job. Unless Cornell is suddenly placing 70%+ into biglaw, if you account for URM/IP/Below Median who got a job at OCI, it's undeniable that MANY above medians struck out.

In other words, you're saying almost everybody is fucked.

[Ikki]

In other words, you're saying almost everybody is fucked.

Except for him obvs.

[HeavenWood]

In other words, you're saying almost everybody is fucked.

Except for him obvs.

He was born and bred for success and achievement.

[ajaxconstructions]

In other words, you're saying almost everybody is fucked.

Except for him obvs.

I'm fucked too. Just not as fucked as below medians. Way to miss the point.

[HeavenWood]

In other words, you're saying almost everybody is fucked.

Except for him obvs.

I'm fucked too. Just not as fucked as below medians. Way to miss the point.

You're fucked by virtue of your warm, tender-hearted personality. I don't care what your grades are.