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How do transfers mass mail before knowing which school they will be attending? Should we use old school name? Should we wait until we know?

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law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

Nebby, I get that it's not the world's most helpful post, but at least check someone's post history if you're going to call them a 0L. They're not.

(as to the comment - "there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you" - isn't that what the OP is doing in posting here?)

A. Nony Mouse wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

Nebby, I get that it's not the world's most helpful post, but at least check someone's post history if you're going to call them a 0L. They're not.

(as to the comment - "there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you" - isn't that what the OP is doing in posting here?)

I call them all 0Ls because when it comes out that they're not then it's even more damming. 0Ls have an excuse for bad advice, others don't.

That's just silly though.

A. Nony Mouse wrote:That's just silly though.

Using 0L as an insult is one of the more annoying things done around here IMO. Sometimes it's perfectly valid to frame a person's post, but too often it's just a lazy, "lol dumb 0L" joke that could just as easily be clarified when the person is incorrect or misguided. Telling someone, "That's not exactly how it works because..." with a short description as to why accomplishes so much more than tersely belittling them for something that might be off or dismissing a person's opinion by shutting them down as a 0L who just doesn't know anything.

As for the OP, I think you'd do best to wait and update your resume with your new school before mass mailing unless you killed it where firms would take you if you stayed. If you've done well enough at your current school where you'd be getting looks from firms with the old school's name, there probably is less reason to wait, but if you're borderline as it is, getting the extra name brand recognition on your resume could be worth the wait.

That's just my personal opinion though.

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

How is it terrible advice to say don't massmail until you have decided which school you will be attending? I posted the way I did because I assumed the anonymous OP was the same OP from a different thread that was asking about bidding OCI at two schools if they haven't decided whether they wanted to transfer yet. So it made it seem like the OP had an acceptance and couldn't make up their mind.

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

How is it terrible advice to say don't massmail until you have decided which school you will be attending? I posted the way I did because I assumed the anonymous OP was the same OP from a different thread that was asking about bidding OCI at two schools if they haven't decided whether they wanted to transfer yet. So it made it seem like the OP had an acceptance and couldn't make up their mind.

There's nothing to indicate OP has any acceptance yet. I don't mean to be blunt, but you know what happens when you assume.

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

How is it terrible advice to say don't massmail until you have decided which school you will be attending? I posted the way I did because I assumed the anonymous OP was the same OP from a different thread that was asking about bidding OCI at two schools if they haven't decided whether they wanted to transfer yet. So it made it seem like the OP had an acceptance and couldn't make up their mind.

There's nothing to indicate OP has any acceptance yet. I don't mean to be blunt, but you know what happens when you assume.

That's correct but the OP in the Bidding thread is the same person and said "For OCI, If I got into a transfer school but am unsure if will attend (paid deposit though)". The paid deposit though language made it seem like they had an acceptance. But I definitely see your point about the timing. I failed to remember the timing of the transfer process and posted in this thread like timing is of the essence. If it's not then yeah my post was a little brash.

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

How is it terrible advice to say don't massmail until you have decided which school you will be attending? I posted the way I did because I assumed the anonymous OP was the same OP from a different thread that was asking about bidding OCI at two schools if they haven't decided whether they wanted to transfer yet. So it made it seem like the OP had an acceptance and couldn't make up their mind.

There's nothing to indicate OP has any acceptance yet. I don't mean to be blunt, but you know what happens when you assume.

That's correct but the OP in the Bidding thread is the same person and said "For OCI, If I got into a transfer school but am unsure if will attend (paid deposit though)". The paid deposit though language made it seem like they had an acceptance. But I definitely see your point about the timing. I failed to remember the timing of the transfer process and posted in this thread like timing is of the essence. If it's not then yeah my post was a little brash.

I think it's safe to assume that OP here and there are different only because the OP of this thread hasn't said anything about acceptances, and even if so it's possible that they're waiting on other schools too since most don't start sending acceptances for a few more weeks.

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:

Nebby wrote:

law9898 wrote:You don't. I don't mean to be blunt but you need to hurry up and just make the decision. You probably know what you should do already. If not, there are plenty of transfers on this forum that can try to help you.

Amazingly terrible advice. 0Ls shouldn't post here. OP can't "make a decision" if they've received no acceptances, and that doesn't start until late June and July.

How is it terrible advice to say don't massmail until you have decided which school you will be attending? I posted the way I did because I assumed the anonymous OP was the same OP from a different thread that was asking about bidding OCI at two schools if they haven't decided whether they wanted to transfer yet. So it made it seem like the OP had an acceptance and couldn't make up their mind.

There's nothing to indicate OP has any acceptance yet. I don't mean to be blunt, but you know what happens when you assume.

That's correct but the OP in the Bidding thread is the same person and said "For OCI, If I got into a transfer school but am unsure if will attend (paid deposit though)". The paid deposit though language made it seem like they had an acceptance. But I definitely see your point about the timing. I failed to remember the timing of the transfer process and posted in this thread like timing is of the essence. If it's not then yeah my post was a little brash.

I think it's safe to assume that OP here and there are different only because the OP of this thread hasn't said anything about acceptances, and even if so it's possible that they're waiting on other schools too since most don't start sending acceptances for a few more weeks.

My bad. I shouldn't assume anons are the same. I was a little irked by two similar questions about transferring/applying to firms posted pretty soon after each other, in which neither gave away any personal information or needed to be anon. My responses to both of them are still the same: you probably shouldn't mass mail until you figure out your future plans unless you're already a stellar candidate at your current school. You also shouldn't plan on double dipping if it's the same market. Carry on.

law9898 wrote: My bad. I shouldn't assume anons are the same. I was a little irked by two similar questions about transferring/applying to firms posted pretty soon after each other, in which neither gave away any personal information or needed to be anon. My responses to both of them are still the same: you probably shouldn't mass mail until you figure out your future plans unless you're already a stellar candidate at your current school. You also shouldn't plan on double dipping if it's the same market. Carry on.

I hate anon abuse too but the mods here do not value such concerns!

It is not anon abuse to use anon to ask questions about your chances/ask for job advice - I'm the anon abuse nazi and there's nothing wrong with posting the OP anon. (It doesn't provide a lot of info to get a lot of answers, but that's not the same as anon abuse.) If someone hasn't decided whether they're going to transfer yet they may not want to reveal that they're considering it. Also, mass mail and bidding aren't exactly the same thing. You can just relax.

Op here. I'm talking about mass mailing, not oci. And Still waiting to hear back from schools- hopefully will hear soon

Anonymous User wrote:Op here. I'm talking about mass mailing, not oci. And Still waiting to hear back from schools- hopefully will hear soon

I think you could apply now and then reapply when you decide where you are going/or supplement your prior application

When mass mailing we put both schools on our resume correct?