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I posted this in the 1L Exam Prep thread as well, but I think this is probably a more appropriate place to get more responses:

One of my best friends is having his wedding the end of August (Monday the 26th), but he lives on the west coast. How viable is it going to be to make it out there in light of OCI/CBs? I know I want to keep my schedule as open as possible so that I can schedule a CB (assuming I get one lol), at the soonest possible date.... I could fly out over the weekend and fly back Monday evening (though this would mean I'd be coming in the morning of Tuesday -- which means I could potentially be losing 2 days)

You do not miss OCI under any circumstances.

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I wouldn't actually be missing any OCI days since those are early August. Does that change the picture at all? Or should my schedule be wide open post-screeners until acceptance of potential offers?

It's a tough one. I mean, your friend is an insensitive jerk for having his wedding right smack in the first part of the callback period. I guess you can commit but let him know you may have to bail if you get callback offers. Tough situation. Just be prepared to not be able to go.

I don't think it'll be a problem. Callbacks are usually relatively flexible to schedule. Two days shouldn't make or break you.

You should be alright.

But who the fuck has their wedding on a Monday?

Desert Fox wrote:You should be alright.

But who the fuck has their wedding on a Monday?

I know right? Thought that was TTT myself.

Desert Fox wrote:
But who the fuck has their wedding on a Monday?

it's cheaper than having it on a saturday or even a sunday

You can always back out from attending the wedding last minute if for some reason a firm you love can only get you in that Monday/Tuesday or alternatively like 3 weeks later. Since that seems unlikely, I imagine you will be fine.

2 days in late August, so long as it doesn't mess with OCI, is totally fine. Its not like the firm will say "well, if you can't make that Monday in late August, our next callback slot is late September". Schedule fast as soon as you hear back, and if you get those callbacks done in early September, you are totally fine.

buying a refundable ticket and not being in the wedding party is the only TCR

Anonymous User wrote:It's a tough one. I mean, your friend is an insensitive jerk for having his wedding right smack in the first part of the callback period. I guess you can commit but let him know you may have to bail if you get callback offers. Tough situation. Just be prepared to not be able to go.

I don't know why this was posted anon. It was me.

I had a similar situation this past fall: attending a bachelor party and wedding both in late August after OCIs and during prime callback time (I was best man, so didn't really have a choice to skip either...). It was not a problem at all in terms of scheduling callbacks; you should have no need to buy a refundable ticket or worry about cancelling. Losing one Monday for callbacks is no big deal. Firms almost always have a ton of days available for interviewing purposes.

The stretch consisting of OCI & callbacks is pretty stressful. I found attending wedding festivities right in the middle of it was actually a welcome chance to get away from the process for a little bit, and I felt recharged for my later interviews.

This /thread.

kaiser wrote:2 days in late August, so long as it doesn't mess with OCI, is totally fine. Its not like the firm will say "well, if you can't make that Monday in late August, our next callback slot is late September". Schedule fast as soon as you hear back, and if you get those callbacks done in early September, you are totally fine.

HellOnHeels wrote:

Desert Fox wrote:
But who the fuck has their wedding on a Monday?

it's cheaper than having it on a saturday or even a sunday

Or any other day of the week for that matter.

HellOnHeels wrote:

Desert Fox wrote:
But who the fuck has their wedding on a Monday?

it's cheaper than having it on a saturday or even a sunday

But costs your guests 50K worth of Vacation days. Negative externalizes FTL.

Are the bridesmaids hott?

Bronck wrote:I posted this in the 1L Exam Prep thread as well, but I think this is probably a more appropriate place to get more responses:

One of my best friends is having his wedding the end of August (Monday the 26th), but he lives on the west coast. How viable is it going to be to make it out there in light of OCI/CBs? I know I want to keep my schedule as open as possible so that I can schedule a CB (assuming I get one lol), at the soonest possible date.... I could fly out over the weekend and fly back Monday evening (though this would mean I'd be coming in the morning of Tuesday -- which means I could potentially be losing 2 days)

Tell your friend to get married on Friday or Saturday or Sunday .

why Monday wedding ?

Ya seriously, we need ALL relevant info, before we can make formulate an opinion on this

GATORTIM wrote:Are the bridesmaids hott?

I had a baby the week after OCI that messed with timings a bit with rescheduled callbacks, didn't get offers from any of those but they seemed nice enough about it... Ended up with something anyway so probably not a big deal in the long run.

BlueDiamond wrote:You do not miss OCI under any circumstances.

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This is probably not awesome real-life advice. If this is a really good friend, blowing off his wedding is going to be a problem, and moreover going to weddings is just something you should do when you can. OCI lasts two weeks, missing one day isn't likely to leave you jobless. If you end up with interviews that day, contact the firm and explain the situation and offer to come to them for an alternative interview. I did this once and they were fine with it.