OCI Bidding Strategy? (Good GPA at USC/UCLA)
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 4:34 am
I'm probably in the top 10% so let's assume that. My GPA is above the "we prefer students with 3.xx or above" number at every firm coming to OCI.
Screeners are 30% preselect and 70% lottery.
The conventional wisdom seems to be that I should:
1) Bid the "less selective" firms higher because they will be more popular;
2) Bid the "more selective" firms lower because I'm likely to get an interview with them anyway (S&C, Irell, OMM);
3) The lowest bids should be to firms that have both a high GPA requirement and a lot of interview slots (Gibson).
Is this the credited strategy? Should I be aware of anything else for bidding? Assuming that I'm an OK interview, do I have a pretty good shot at OCI?
Screeners are 30% preselect and 70% lottery.
The conventional wisdom seems to be that I should:
1) Bid the "less selective" firms higher because they will be more popular;
2) Bid the "more selective" firms lower because I'm likely to get an interview with them anyway (S&C, Irell, OMM);
3) The lowest bids should be to firms that have both a high GPA requirement and a lot of interview slots (Gibson).
Is this the credited strategy? Should I be aware of anything else for bidding? Assuming that I'm an OK interview, do I have a pretty good shot at OCI?