OCI callbacks thread Forum

[Anonymous User]

T14
Top 10% LR URM

7 call backs (oci ended already), two V5.
Mostly targeted NY, LA firms in the top half of the vault rankings. I think number one for me is CGSH, I'd take them over the V5's. I just get a good feeling that they are legit about their diversity initiatives and really are about inclusion. We'll see though.

[Anonymous User]

If anonymous, maybe post the school? Is the last CCN a N?

Sorry, I meant to write CLS.

[Anonymous User]

CCN
b/w 10% and 33%, secondary journal
26 Interviews
5 callbacks
2 dings
the rest... unknown
Interviewed DC and NY, doing much better in NY so far, hoping that is just a DC delay.

[Mark71121]

CCN
b/w 10% and 33%, secondary journal
26 Interviews
5 callbacks
2 dings
the rest... unknown
Interviewed DC and NY, doing much better in NY so far, hoping that is just a DC delay.

can you give vault range for the callbacks

[gollymolly]

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[underdawg]

can people post how much time has passed?

tell me it's silly to worry after day 2 of OCI

[silveri]

can people post how much time has passed?

tell me it's silly to worry after day 2 of OCI

My callbacks came between 3 and 4 business days after I interviewed. No reason to panic yet.

[underdawg]

i should try not to listen to the "so and so got a callback at x" talk so much. none of them have been the actual interviewers i've had, so i guess the separate interviewers for a firm might be doing things a little differently...

MIRITE?

[Mark71121]

i should try not to listen to the "so and so got a callback at x" talk so much. none of them have been the actual interviewers i've had, so i guess the separate interviewers for a firm might be doing things a little differently...

MIRITE?

i'd prob start worrying if i didn't hear anything after 2 days. i'm pretty irrational though. it is very possible that firms are just going to take their take in offering callbacks.

[underdawg]

i did get one but that was one of my better interviews and now makes me wonder why others haven't gotten back to me

being neurotic sucks

[Anonymous User]

T20, bottom half, secondary journal
10 interviews
2 rejections
1 callback



I feel ridiculously lucky to have that one. I have no technical background or any other particularly desirable resume trait. Generally feeling pretty fucked.

[Anonymous User]

Just very worried because I've only received a callback from a super-selective V5, which was/is wayyy out of my reach (GPA-wise), and I have no special "softs." Of course, it's great to have a callback, but I wish my more target/safety firms would call me back, just so I don't pin my OCI hopes on a firm where my callback competition will probably be extremely talented.

[edcrane]

Just very worried because I've only received a callback from a super-selective V5, which was/is wayyy out of my reach (GPA-wise), and I have no special "softs." Of course, it's great to have a callback, but I wish my more target/safety firms would call me back, just so I don't pin my OCI hopes on a firm where my callback competition will probably be extremely talented.

If you got the callback, your grades are obviously not a limiting factor. Unless this is WLRK, there's no need to be pessimistic about your chances.

[Anonymous User]

Just very worried because I've only received a callback from a super-selective V5, which was/is wayyy out of my reach (GPA-wise), and I have no special "softs." Of course, it's great to have a callback, but I wish my more target/safety firms would call me back, just so I don't pin my OCI hopes on a firm where my callback competition will probably be extremely talented.

If you got the callback, your grades are obviously not a limiting factor. Unless this is WLRK, there's no need to be pessimistic about your chances.

Haha thanks man. I hope you're right. I'll just stop being a moron and actually be happy with what I have. I really needed some perspective:)

[NewHere]

tell me it's silly to worry after day 2 of OCI

It is, dawg. I did OCI last year (I'm a rising 3L now), and I got callbacks anywhere from the day of the interview to about 10 days later. Calls may come in even later this year, because I imagine firms might want to visit several schools before making any decisions.

i should try not to listen to the "so and so got a callback at x" talk so much. none of them have been the actual interviewers i've had, so i guess the separate interviewers for a firm might be doing things a little differently...

MIRITE?

URITE. Last year, the firm I ended up with this summer called me after about 10 days; several others had been called back before they called me. It turned out to be exactly the issue that you describe: my interviewer was out of town for a few days, and was only able to call upon return.

[Anonymous User]

I actually think calls may come quickly this year, because the OCIs at top schools are so closely packed together. There will be waves, though, as firms don't want to over-recruit and will be conservative in the beginning.

[Dick Whitman]

Didn't Harvard move up their OCI this year? That should speed up the process.

The conventional wisdom is the NYC firms have the quickest turnaround and the CA firms the slowest. I haven't heard anything yet from the firms I interviewed with (all non-NYC/CA).

[Merrill]

I thought most T14 didn't rank students, so how do T14 students know they're in the "top 10%" or whatever?

[barrierreef]

CCN
Top third, but barely. Secondary journal.
21 interviews, 19 DC and 2 NYC
6 callbacks, 4 DC, 2 NYC
4 dings, all DC

[Anonymous User]

I thought most T14 didn't rank students, so how do T14 students know they're in the "top 10%" or whatever?

Educated guess and awards. Historical/clerkship data.

i.e. CLS: stone scholar, etc.
nyu: pomeroy.

[Anonymous User]

This is a great thread.

Can any of the other T20s narrow down the region that their school is in?

[Anonymous User]

I thought most T14 didn't rank students, so how do T14 students know they're in the "top 10%" or whatever?

Educated guess and awards. Historical/clerkship data.

i.e. CLS: stone scholar, etc.
nyu: pomeroy.

i just asked career services and they told me

also i just call backed at the place i got a callback offer from and they had a message saying to call to schedule interviews starting tomorrow. so you'd think they haven't even finished their first rd of invites yet = no pt in freaking out just yet

[Anonymous User]

I was at Davis Polk this summer and can confirm that they like transfers. A lot of the Harvard, CLS, and NYU people in our summer class were transfers.

[kurama20]

Could people please please just say what school they go to since this is an anonymous forum. It would help greatly in determining if the small gradations or differences in various schools actually matter, or if a lot of people are just being ridiculous with the fine gradations between the schools. (I.E is going to Stanford really going to guarantee you a job while going to Chicago means you "are not safe"). It would also help show whether or not hypotheses like small class sizes helps hiring etc( ie Duke is going to do better than GULC because GULC is massive). Is there any harm in revealing what school you go to if the post is anonymous? Am I missing something?

[Anonymous User]

Could people please please just say what school they go to since this is an anonymous forum. It would help greatly in determining if the small gradations or differences in various schools actually matter, or if a lot of people are just being ridiculous with the fine gradations between the schools. (I.E is going to Stanford really going to guarantee you a job while going to Chicago means you "are not safe"). It would also help show whether or not hypotheses like small class sizes helps hiring etc( ie Duke is going to do better than GULC because GULC is massive). Is there any harm in revealing what school you go to if the post is anonymous? Am I missing something?

Yes. Since callbacks don't happen at the same time and are fewer this year, it's quite easy to out yourself.