NYC Firms with Soft GPA Floors? Forum

[Mozart Lacrimosa]

My School's data leaves much to be desired. Would appreciate some anecdotal/grape vine info from TLS. I know Weil and Skadden are TCR at top firms but also looking for info at ranking V15-100. Thank you.

[smaug]

Where do you go to school and what us your GPA?

[Mozart Lacrimosa]

MVP 3.1x

[smaug]

I don't know MVP's grades well enough but I think I'd look at SRZ, Cadwalader, DLA Piper ... Afraid to speculate too much because GPA floors can be school dependant

[Mozart Lacrimosa]

Ok Thanks. I've been doing research and it looks something like this (in no particular order). Are there any big class/transactional NYC/grades forgiving firms I'm missing out on?
Morgan Lewis
O’Melveny
Pillsbury
Mayer Brown
Gunderson
Nixon Peabody
Seward
Schulte
DLA
Linklaters
Jones Day
Clifford Chance
Kramer Levin
Hughes Hubbard
Chadbourne & Parke
Dechert
Stroock
K&L Gates
Cadwalader
Milbank
Cahill
Willkie
Schiff Hardin
Proskauer
Weil
Kirkland
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Baker McKenzie
Winston

[smaug]

I don't know Penn GPAs well enough but some of the firms there I'd consider aggressive for someone with a markedly below median GPA.

I'll let someone who is younger/more in touch with things than I am fill in but I think some are aggressive. You're hitting all of the firms that I'd include, though, so as long as you prioritize those and only have a few of the more grade-selective firms you should be fine.

[Anonymous User]

I got a lot of CBs with many of the firms you mentioned (3.1 at CCN).

Didn't get Proskaur, milbank, shearman, kirkland, weil (signed up for open slots at these 2) etc. I would add Fried Frank to your list.

Here's what I bid (super conservatively) last year and had 9 CBs.

paul hastings llp
proskauer rose llp
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling LLP
mayer brown llp
Kaye Scholer LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Reed Smith LLP
King & Spalding
goodwin procter llp
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Dechert LLP
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Seward & Kissel LLP
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Moris Nichols
sidley austin llp
Clifford Chance US LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
katten muchin rosenman llp
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP (New York, NY - Transactional ONLY)
Dentons US LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Bracewell
Alston & Bird LLP
Hunton & Williams LLP
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP
venable llp
brown rudnick llp
K&L Gates LLP
Baker & Hostetler LLP
White & Case LLP
Vinson & Elkins
Arent Fox
Duane Morris
Pryor Cashman

[Mozart Lacrimosa]

Exactly the info I'm looking for thank you

[cjw564]

Exactly the info I'm looking for thank you

Allen and Overy is also pretty forgiving about grades, so is Lowenstein Sandler (NY).