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Someone commented in one of these threads that PI jobs might be less likely to accept you, if you have really high grades for a bunch of reasons (they think u def going to biglaw next year, or they dont think u will actually work there ext.)

Is that a thing?

I have top 10% at T-14 and got rejected from a bunch of PI jobs that I have direct experience in, and for the most part only got interviews from the more prestigious PI jobs out there. I guess im wondering if thats the reason why.


thanks

I doubt it, but impossible to tell. The most likely scenario is that such places hire so few people that getting a jerb there can be somewhat random. I doubt places tell themselves though that we are not good enough for this student, so we should not interview him/her.

I have since been hired by a PI employer post-grad, but I believe I was rejected, at least in part, because I had high grades (top 10%). I didn't even get an interview with a local PI employer who hires a lot of students from our school. This is the employer I came to law school wanting to work for and am now working for. I honestly can't think of any reasons why I wouldn't even have been interviewed other than they assumed I'd do something else because of my grades. I had a career prior to law school in public service as well...

I think that they would reject people who use "u" instead of "you." The inability to add two more letters would be a clear sign of laziness.

No, it's almost certainly something people are saying to save their fragile egos.

Bildungsroman wrote:No, it's almost certainly something people are saying to save their fragile egos.

+1. And, it makes no sense in the 1l context because most PI shops are simply using the free labor and do not expect to hire a large number of interns for future full time positions.

Anonymous User wrote:I have since been hired by a PI employer post-grad, but I believe I was rejected, at least in part, because I had high grades (top 10%). I didn't even get an interview with a local PI employer who hires a lot of students from our school. This is the employer I came to law school wanting to work for and am now working for. I honestly can't think of any reasons why I wouldn't even have been interviewed other than they assumed I'd do something else because of my grades. I had a career prior to law school in public service as well...

If you're working for them, just ask them why you weren't interviewed to begin with. Boom. Done.

Yes all those PI orgs who are STRUGGLING to find candidates for fulltime offers.

Anonymous User wrote:Someone commented in one of these threads that PI jobs might be less likely to accept you, if you have really high grades for a bunch of reasons (they think u def going to biglaw next year, or they dont think u will actually work there ext.)

Is that a thing?

I have top 10% at T-14 and got rejected from a bunch of PI jobs that I have direct experience in, and for the most part only got interviews from the more prestigious PI jobs out there. I guess im wondering if thats the reason why.


thanks

A large number of PI organizations don't even ask for grades, so no.

so then maybe these ppl arnt getting jobs bc grades are ignored and prob without grades there are a ton of ppl with better apps

This is definitely a thing. Its either Big law or shit law. So either try to score top 10% or aim for the median for PI.