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I got to a low-mid t1 using mainly preselects. Of the maybe 20 or so preselects, i only got about 6 screeners. Im within the top 10%, LR, and these firms would all be considered "home" market. What gives?

LowToMidT1 wrote:I got to a low-mid t1 using mainly preselects. Of the maybe 20 or so preselects, i only got about 6 screeners. Im within the top 10%, LR, and these firms would all be considered "home" market. What gives?

That's what gives?

14 firms didn't like your resume/cover letter/writing sample. HTH.

ETA: are they all preselects? how many was it? why are you being so vague about this?

None of them took cover letters. Resume seemed pretty standard. Writing sample was academic and scored high marks. Is it really that bad in the lower half of the t1?

LeDique wrote:14 firms didn't like your resume/cover letter/writing sample. HTH.

ETA: are they all preselects? how many was it? why are you being so vague about this?

Yea the 20 firms were preselects, not lottery

I mean, how many slots were available? How big is your class? Since it's OCI they're interviewing these people at your school anyway, so it's not like "it's that bad at a T1." The measure of it being bad at a T1 that's relevant here is only having 20 firms to apply to, not how many screeners you got.

hard to say. depends on the firms u bid on.

markets tough. tougher for some than others. - I know that GW preselects are feast or famine.

but, it only takes one. One job. Nas style.

At your school, it's common to not get any interviews at OCI.

Getting interviews at OCI is uncommon.

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How low is your school ranked (40-50)? That would explain it.

memo2partner wrote:How low is your school ranked (40-50)? That would explain it.

low to mid T1 means like 30-35 I assume.

The exact ranking of the school doesn't matter for the purposes of OCI. The top 10% isn't necessarily safe at any school that uses 25%+ preselect.

thesealocust wrote:At your school, it's common to not get any interviews at OCI.

Getting interviews at OCI is uncommon.

Credited.

rad lulz wrote:

thesealocust wrote:At your school, it's common to not get any interviews at OCI.

Getting interviews at OCI is uncommon.

Credited.

OCI at lower T1 last year. ~25 screeners on 35 bids, pure preselect. Outside of the T14, the regional legal market is infinently more important than the school rank. For example, I would attend Houston over Iowa/IUB.

Maybe a more optimistic view is that while being in the top 10% is a great place to be at any school, at a typical average sized law school (assuming about 300 students) it means there are around 30ish students who did even better academically (i.e. the top 9%). So I think looking at it that way, going 6 for 20 seems pretty good.