Michigan Transfer 2015 Forum

[bmmccb223]

Congrats! Post/PM stats?

[PourMeTea]

I'm at a t1 and submitted 6/26 fwiw

[lowenjo]

Dinged via mail today. Letter was dated 7/2

[Goldie]

Accepted 7/3 via email.

#1 at T30-35.

[bmmccb223]

Seems like they just trickle out decisions. I received confirmation my app was complete 2 weeks ago and still have not heard anything.

[bmmccb223]

Dinged via regular mail. Quite surprised.

[dfg]

Dinged via regular mail. Quite surprised.

Stats?

[bmmccb223]

Sent you a PM with stats.

[mint199]

Dinged via letter. TT 15%. Congrats to those admitted and good luck everyone still waiting.

[Goldie]

I just informed Michigan I won't be attending, so hopefully one of you will get that spot. Good luck!

[mister logical]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

[SXNW]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

I'll be attending. The winter is definitely going to be a change but otherwise I'm psyched!

[mister logical]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

I'll be attending. The winter is definitely going to be a change but otherwise I'm psyched!

How'd you make your decision? Currently still deciding between Umich and another school -_-

[lowenjo]

For those looking for housing,

Check out:

411 lofts
Zaragon West
Varsity Housing

I personally would stay away from:

Landmark (really nice apartments but a lot of undergrads)
Zaragon East (same situation as Landmark)
University Tower (probably the worst apartment building in AA)

Just some personal opinion after spending 4 years in Ann Arbor fwiw

[dfg]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

I'll be attending. The winter is definitely going to be a change but otherwise I'm psyched!

How'd you make your decision? Currently still deciding between Umich and another school -_-

What's the other school?

[mister logical]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

I'll be attending. The winter is definitely going to be a change but otherwise I'm psyched!

How'd you make your decision? Currently still deciding between Umich and another school -_-

What's the other school?

UT

[chuckbass]

Hey everyone. Congrats on everyone that's been accepted so far, and good luck to everyone still waiting. Be sure to join us over in the TLS Transfer Cycle 2015 (Class of 2017) thread once you know where you're headed!

[goldlaw123]

Anyone else still waiting for a decision?

[Wolverinehopeful]

Accepted a few days ago from a T3, Top 5%. About 95% sure I'm going to accept the offer.

Looking for roommates if anyone is interested.

[Wolverinehopeful]

Anyone else still waiting for a decision?

My application was finalized on the 8th, and I received a call on the 9th. Good luck!

[Wolverinehopeful]

Accepted on the 9th. About 95% sure I'm going to accept. If anyone is looking for a roommate, let me know! I've been looking at apartments, and 2 and 3BRs are much more reasonable than 1 BR, especially if you look a few miles outside of campus. I've found several between 2-7 miles from the law school that are very reasonable. I know we are all looking at taking on a lot more debt by transferring, so any money we can save will definitely help.

[mister logical]

any past transfer want to weigh in on how transfers do at OCI?

[SXNW]

who alls considered going? anyone freaked out about the potential weather?

I'll be attending. The winter is definitely going to be a change but otherwise I'm psyched!

How'd you make your decision? Currently still deciding between Umich and another school -_-

It felt like a better fit compared to my other choices. Also, transfers seem to do well at Michigan's EIW.

[eastcoast_iub]

any past transfer want to weigh in on how transfers do at OCI?

Hit or miss. Some crushed it and got like 7-10 interviews and multiple offers, some got only 1 offer, several struck out. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to mass-mail. Many of us got jobs that way. Mass-mailing is particularly likely to yield results in secondary markets you have ties to or are reasonably close to where you are from. Those markets don't get as many T14 applicants, relatively speaking, and generally don't get the same bombardment of resumes that NY and DC firms get. Although I know several people who got offers pretty late in the cycle in NY or DC (or 3L year) when firms in those markets realized they didn't have enough acceptances or needed more associates than anticipated.

[Backpacker]

any past transfer want to weigh in on how transfers do at OCI?

Hit or miss. Some crushed it and got like 7-10 interviews and multiple offers, some got only 1 offer, several struck out. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to mass-mail. Many of us got jobs that way. Mass-mailing is particularly likely to yield results in secondary markets you have ties to or are reasonably close to where you are from. Those markets don't get as many T14 applicants, relatively speaking, and generally don't get the same bombardment of resumes that NY and DC firms get. Although I know several people who got offers pretty late in the cycle in NY or DC (or 3L year) when firms in those markets realized they didn't have enough acceptances or needed more associates than anticipated.

Agreed. My impression was that success at OCI will depend on your former school - and how well you did at that school. Obviously, the higher your rank/school rank, the better. I ended up getting a job through OCI in a major market, but also mass mailed secondary markets with success - so definitely plan to mass mail earlier rather than later, and often.

WRT to OCI, you should address the elephant in the room right off the bat. I would say focus on selling your experience at your 1L school, why the school in underrated and why you chose to go there (for me, cost and uncertainty about interest in being a lawyer), and then demonstrating how the choice to transfer is indicative of motivation and ambition - skill sets that are clearly beneficial for an associate at prestigious firm X. Once I got that narrative down, on about day 3, the interviewer's apprehension at the thought of hiring a transfer from a 60-70 ranked school that nobody has heard of tended to subside, and I was more successful from there on out.