Rising 2L looking for a safe Summer '17 wedding date Forum

[november3]

Hi all. Just recently got engaged and am trying to pick a wedding date for next summer that will not conflict with a 2L SA that I hope to get for 2017. Would the weekend after finals (May 20) or the weekend before 3L (August 19) be a relatively safe bet? No honeymoon, putting it off until winter break of 3L. Just the weekend. Leaning more toward August because then I won't deal with last minute details during finals, but worried about the possibility of having to go through fall OCI as a 3L. It would be on a weekend though so that may not matter. I just don't want to do it during the middle of a SA. My market is Bay area/silicon valley, if that helps. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks!

[kcdc1]

SA dates can vary a bit by firm, but both of those dates should be fine. I think the August date is safer.

[TLSModBot]

SA dates can vary a bit by firm, but both of those dates should be fine. I think the August date is safer.

This.

Also if you have an offer by that point and aren't at a school where they require attendance (and check it), consider early in the semester as well.

[SplitMyPants]

SA dates can vary a bit by firm, but both of those dates should be fine. I think the August date is safer.

+1 Many, many firms start two weeks before Memorial Day but almost all finish by August. Plus, even if you don't start two week before Memorial Day, you would likely then start one week before and still finish before August.

[jchiles]

I got married in late August the weekend before 3L year and just missed the first week of class for honeymoon. I think this august is the better option because it most likely won't interfere with SA and you also won't have finals interfering with any last minute planning and other stuff that will come up if you do it in May.

It did mean that I missed 3L OCI but the odds of needing to participate, and then anything actually coming from 3L OCI, were low enough that it made sense to skip. Congratulations!

[jukykarma01]

I got married a week after finals ended (May 14). We still had about week to "honeymoon" (we moved/roadtripped, not really a honeymoon in any traditional sense of the word) and I started my summer job the next week (I think it was May 24th).

[reasonable_man]

Break off the engagement and wait until you graduate and start practicing to pick a suitable partner. Depending on how good of a job you've landed, perhaps you can trade up a bit.