Bidlist critique: M, below median Forum

[Anonymous User]

Help, please. At M w/ a 3.05. All NYC except at very bottom (I'm from MD). Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Morgan Lewis
O’Melveny
Pillsbury
Mayer Brown
Gunderson
Nixon Peabody
Seward
Schulte
Linklaters
Jones Day
clifford chance
Kramer Levin
Hughes Hubbard
Chadbourne & Parke
Dechert
Stroock
K&L Gates
Cadwalader
Milbank
Cahill
Bryan Cave
Schiff Hardin
Proskauer
Fed. Reserve
IRS
CIA
Weil
Kirkland
Cooley (VA)
Venable (MD)
hogan lovells (MD)

[Anonymous User]

Help, please. At M w/ a 3.05. All NYC except at very bottom (I'm from MD). Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Morgan Lewis
O’Melveny
Pillsbury
Mayer Brown
Gunderson
Nixon Peabody
Seward
Schulte
Linklaters
Jones Day
Clifford Chance
Kramer Levin
Hughes Hubbard
Chadbourne & Parke
Dechert
Stroock
K&L Gates
Cadwalader
Milbank
Cahill
Bryan Cave
Schiff Hardin
Proskauer
Fed. Reserve
IRS
CIA
Weil
Kirkland
Cooley (VA)
Venable (MD)
Hogan Lovells (MD)

Move Stroock, Chadbourne, and Dechert up into top 10. They have larger class sizes and you NEED those interviews. You probably won't get Weil/Prosk/Kirkland that low because those firms are heavily bid. Jones Day is a wasted bid, IMO. Replace it with like Paul Hastings or a peer firm that has a larger summer class. Your goal should be to get employed. Bid firms that have larger class sizes/lower gpa cutoffs high and basically reverse order the list largest to smallest, factoring in interview slots (if this is 100% lottery) and M's history of placing students into those positions. Reach out to M alum and set up informational interviews. Mass mail like crazy. You're going to have to hustle.

[Anonymous User]

thanks very much.