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Hey TLS,

Need some advice on my bid-list. Here is some information in regards to myself. I am a URM in the top 5% at Fordham. Assuming that I get an offer from my 1L SA, I'll have at least a 2L BigLaw SA secured for next summer. I like my 1L gig, but doing OCI anyways to see what else is out there and possibly split for next summer. Any advise is appreciated.

1.Skadden
2.Paul Weiss
3.Cravath
4.Debevoise
5.Simpson Thac
6.Cleary
7.Weil
8.Kirkland & Ellis
9.Willkie
10.Jones Day
11.O'Melveny
12.Hogan Lovells
13.Gibson Dunn
14.Sullivan&Crom
15.Shearman Ster
16.Davis Polk
17.Clifford Chance
18.MoFo
19.Freshfields
20.Dechert
21.Greenberg Tau.
22.Orrick, Herr.
23.Proskauer Rose
24.Fried Frank
25.Cadwalader
26.WilmerHale
27.Mayer Brown
28.Latham
29.Ropes & Gray
30.Arnold Porter
31.White & Case
32.Linklaters
33.Kramer Levin
34.Sidley Austin
35.Paul Hastings

Did you just copypaste the vrankings?

I mean isn't the vault rankings the way to go for top 5% at Fordham who wants New York. You either are getting biglaw or not from that point. You are above every large(so not wachtell) transactional firms cutoff(maybe not cravath) so grades aren;t going to be your deciding factor. Taking a safety isn't going to help if your weird.