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Can you do OCI at 1L school and then transfer?

Post by Bingobilly » Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:21 pm

Worried about the apparent OCI stigma, and would like to transfer for purely personal reasons without getting hurt. Is there any reason I couldn't do OCI at my 1L school normally before transferring?

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Re: Can you do OCI at 1L school and then transfer?

Post by nixy » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:57 pm

Your school presumably wouldn't appreciate putting forward the resources for someone to get a job and then leave, and it would likely be pretty weird to explain to the firm that hired you at school X that oh wait, you go to school Y now. If you don't find out about a transfer until after your current school's OCI, that would be one thing - you can't miss out on any shot at OCI. But if your current school's OCI is after you'd get an offer (and have to accept/reject) from a transfer school, I don't think this would fly.

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Re: Can you do OCI at 1L school and then transfer?

Post by lshopeful17 » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:11 am

Haven’t used my old school’s OCI but I did apply to some firms via resume drops at the school before I had an admission offer and did get an offer from a V10.

No regrets whatsoever. Tbh the firms will only interview you once so I’d probably apply via OCI at the new school if it places better

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