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What's a typical number of CBs through LS interview program?
How many CBs do people usually receive through their LS's campus interview program? Just wondering if the four I have is in the range of normal.
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This totally depends on the school.
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Re: What's a typical number of CBs through LS interview program?
Without telling us your school, your grades, and your number of screeners, it's kind of hard to know.
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Not sure if bragging. Either way, the post above mine is TCR.
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Zero is probably the most common number.
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Re: What's a typical number of CBs through LS interview program?
I'd say most people at a T14 probably have like 2. Maybe 5 if you are top third. Probably ten for the top 10-15%
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OP here - def not bragging - just have no idea and would never talk about this issue with anyone IRL. T14/ top third/ secondary journal. I'm gathering I should be really grateful rather than afraid. Had about 20 screeners but have not yet heard back from all.
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I go to a mid-T14 school, and from my admittedly very limited anecdotal experience, top 20% + LR types can probably expect around 12-15 CBs. Median to about top 1/3 can range from a low of 0-2 to almost double digits depending on work experience and interview skills.Desert Fox wrote:I'd say most people at a T14 probably have like 2. Maybe 5 if you are top third. Probably ten for the top 10-15%
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Agreed about median to top 3rd. That's where personality, work experience, etc. etc. really yield wildly different results.Anonymous User wrote:I go to a mid-T14 school, and from my admittedly very limited anecdotal experience, top 20% + LR types can probably expect around 12-15 CBs. Median to about top 1/3 can range from a low of 0-2 to almost double digits depending on work experience and interview skills.Desert Fox wrote:I'd say most people at a T14 probably have like 2. Maybe 5 if you are top third. Probably ten for the top 10-15%
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If it's been a couple weeks and you interviewed with major market firms, you need to get rolling on mass mails and other job app stuff yesterdayAnonymous User wrote:OP here - def not bragging - just have no idea and would never talk about this issue with anyone IRL. T14/ top third/ secondary journal. I'm gathering I should be really grateful rather than afraid. Had about 20 screeners but have not yet heard back from all.
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Wait, how many CBs does OP have?rad lulz wrote:If it's been a couple weeks and you interviewed with major market firms, you need to get rolling on mass mails and other job app stuff yesterdayAnonymous User wrote:OP here - def not bragging - just have no idea and would never talk about this issue with anyone IRL. T14/ top third/ secondary journal. I'm gathering I should be really grateful rather than afraid. Had about 20 screeners but have not yet heard back from all.
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Anonymous User wrote:Wait, how many CBs does OP have?rad lulz wrote:If it's been a couple weeks and you interviewed with major market firms, you need to get rolling on mass mails and other job app stuff yesterdayAnonymous User wrote:OP here - def not bragging - just have no idea and would never talk about this issue with anyone IRL. T14/ top third/ secondary journal. I'm gathering I should be really grateful rather than afraid. Had about 20 screeners but have not yet heard back from all.
Anonymous User wrote:How many CBs do people usually receive through their LS's campus interview program? Just wondering if the four I have is in the range of normal.
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I'm median at a mid-T14 and this is me. I have decent WE too so I must just have a crap personality or I'm flubbing the interviews somehow another way, I've only gotten 3 CBs (2 of them surprising because I had them labeled reach firms based on past data, which only makes me more nervous because I somehow feel like I have more to prove at the actual CB). I have managed to get dinged at almost every firm that I had as my targets (some of which I really likedDesert Fox wrote:Agreed about median to top 3rd. That's where personality, work experience, etc. etc. really yield wildly different results.Anonymous User wrote:I go to a mid-T14 school, and from my admittedly very limited anecdotal experience, top 20% + LR types can probably expect around 12-15 CBs. Median to about top 1/3 can range from a low of 0-2 to almost double digits depending on work experience and interview skills.Desert Fox wrote:I'd say most people at a T14 probably have like 2. Maybe 5 if you are top third. Probably ten for the top 10-15%

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3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.Anonymous User wrote:I'm median at a mid-T14 and this is me. I have decent WE too so I must just have a crap personality or I'm flubbing the interviews somehow another way, I've only gotten 3 CBs (2 of them surprising because I had them labeled reach firms based on past data, which only makes me more nervous because I somehow feel like I have more to prove at the actual CB). I have managed to get dinged at almost every firm that I had as my targets (some of which I really likedDesert Fox wrote:Agreed about median to top 3rd. That's where personality, work experience, etc. etc. really yield wildly different results.Anonymous User wrote:I go to a mid-T14 school, and from my admittedly very limited anecdotal experience, top 20% + LR types can probably expect around 12-15 CBs. Median to about top 1/3 can range from a low of 0-2 to almost double digits depending on work experience and interview skills.Desert Fox wrote:I'd say most people at a T14 probably have like 2. Maybe 5 if you are top third. Probably ten for the top 10-15%).
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Haha, credited, but I obviously don't rock at interviewing either. You're probably right about the expectations thing, I thought I had a good balance of reach/target firms but other people I know who have lower grades and bid differently have significantly more CBs.Desert Fox wrote: 3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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OCI isn't really a science and it's not a function where you put in grades and out comes a number of CBsAnonymous User wrote:Haha, credited, but I obviously don't rock at interviewing either. You're probably right about the expectations thing, I thought I had a good balance of reach/target firms but other people I know who have lower grades and bid differently have significantly more CBs.Desert Fox wrote: 3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. Is there any point to mass mailing at median? It just seems futile.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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It's quite an indictment of the legal profession when having better grades than about half of your class elevates you to "shit" level in terms of job prospects.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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At median at a t14, everything is a reach. Sure there are firms that call back a lot of people who have median grades, but I can't think of any that is calling back nearly everyone they interview with at median. Some firms will overlook median, but nobody is impressed by it.Anonymous User wrote:Haha, credited, but I obviously don't rock at interviewing either. You're probably right about the expectations thing, I thought I had a good balance of reach/target firms but other people I know who have lower grades and bid differently have significantly more CBs.Desert Fox wrote: 3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
People don't do a good job of interpreting OCI data they get from career services. Just because you are better than their average callback GPA, doesn't mean you are a shoo-in for a callback.
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You only need one.3|ink wrote:I'm kind of in the same boat. Is there any point to mass mailing at median? It just seems futile.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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Just wondering, how many jobs do you think there are? There are many more qualified students then there are jobs available. I think someone posted a total of biglaw SAs in all of Chicago and it was around 300. But that was an overstatement because some firms included all offices.Anonymous User wrote:It's quite an indictment of the legal profession when having better grades than about half of your class elevates you to "shit" level in terms of job prospects.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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I wouldn't go as far to say that median = shit job prospects. Most people around median get a damn good job. You just aren't going to get 10 callbacks. You'll get 3, with 1 offer. But that's still 160k. Problem is you can easily go 2 callbacks 0 offers and be fucked.Anonymous User wrote:It's quite an indictment of the legal profession when having better grades than about half of your class elevates you to "shit" level in terms of job prospects.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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I think it might be worse now, dawg.Desert Fox wrote:I wouldn't go as far to say that median = shit job prospects. Most people around median get a damn good job. You just aren't going to get 10 callbacks. You'll get 3, with 1 offer. But that's still 160k. Problem is you can easily go 2 callbacks 0 offers and be fucked.Anonymous User wrote:It's quite an indictment of the legal profession when having better grades than about half of your class elevates you to "shit" level in terms of job prospects.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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You mean this year is even worse than 2014, might be.Tom Joad wrote:I think it might be worse now, dawg.Desert Fox wrote:I wouldn't go as far to say that median = shit job prospects. Most people around median get a damn good job. You just aren't going to get 10 callbacks. You'll get 3, with 1 offer. But that's still 160k. Problem is you can easily go 2 callbacks 0 offers and be fucked.Anonymous User wrote:It's quite an indictment of the legal profession when having better grades than about half of your class elevates you to "shit" level in terms of job prospects.Desert Fox wrote:3 CB's at median is good. You've got shit grades (not to imply I was any better), what do you expect? You just didn't have realistic expectations going into this. Start mass mailing, but you should land at least one of the three. 3 CB's at median doesn't mean you suck at interviewing, so don't get in your own head.
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