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How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:48 pm

I struck out on plan and now am applying off plan. I think I am getting a little unhealthy obsessesed with my frantic checking of OSCAR/other chamber updates so I am thinking of setting up a system where I only look for clerkships on like a Wednesday for my mental health. Before I did this, though, I wanted to make sure that off-plan postings don't typically move mega fast. Also, for those who struck out and applied off plan how often did you think about clerkships/OSCAR?

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Re: How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:38 pm

I checked probably almost every day for new posting. But I didn't see it as an unhealthy thing. It took like 1 minute out of my day to check and see what was new. I'm glad I did because I applied for a clerkship the day it went up and the next day, got a call to interview with the judge. Did the interview less than a week later and accepted the offer the day after the interview. So it can move kind of fast.

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Re: How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:21 pm

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Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:38 pm
I checked probably almost every day for new posting. But I didn't see it as an unhealthy thing. It took like 1 minute out of my day to check and see what was new. I'm glad I did because I applied for a clerkship the day it went up and the next day, got a call to interview with the judge. Did the interview less than a week later and accepted the offer the day after the interview. So it can move kind of fast.
Damn, was not what I was hoping to here. On the other hand, good to know that checking daily isn't necessarily "obsessive." Maybe I should just say like 5:00 PM M-F I'll give a quick browse.

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Re: How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:15 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:21 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:38 pm
I checked probably almost every day for new posting. But I didn't see it as an unhealthy thing. It took like 1 minute out of my day to check and see what was new. I'm glad I did because I applied for a clerkship the day it went up and the next day, got a call to interview with the judge. Did the interview less than a week later and accepted the offer the day after the interview. So it can move kind of fast.
Damn, was not what I was hoping to here. On the other hand, good to know that checking daily isn't necessarily "obsessive." Maybe I should just say like 5:00 PM M-F I'll give a quick browse.
Same anon as above. I will say you could for sure just take a break from in between now and September if it's stressing you our needlessly. On the parameters of my OSCAR search, which was fairly broad, there were maybe between 3 and 5 postings a week? They sort of picked back up in the fall which is when I got mine.

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Re: How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:12 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:15 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:21 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:38 pm
I checked probably almost every day for new posting. But I didn't see it as an unhealthy thing. It took like 1 minute out of my day to check and see what was new. I'm glad I did because I applied for a clerkship the day it went up and the next day, got a call to interview with the judge. Did the interview less than a week later and accepted the offer the day after the interview. So it can move kind of fast.
Damn, was not what I was hoping to here. On the other hand, good to know that checking daily isn't necessarily "obsessive." Maybe I should just say like 5:00 PM M-F I'll give a quick browse.
Same anon as above. I will say you could for sure just take a break from in between now and September if it's stressing you our needlessly. On the parameters of my OSCAR search, which was fairly broad, there were maybe between 3 and 5 postings a week? They sort of picked back up in the fall which is when I got mine.
Thanks, will take a break until September

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Re: How Often to Worry About Clerkships After Striking Out

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:40 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:12 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:15 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:21 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:38 pm
I checked probably almost every day for new posting. But I didn't see it as an unhealthy thing. It took like 1 minute out of my day to check and see what was new. I'm glad I did because I applied for a clerkship the day it went up and the next day, got a call to interview with the judge. Did the interview less than a week later and accepted the offer the day after the interview. So it can move kind of fast.
Damn, was not what I was hoping to here. On the other hand, good to know that checking daily isn't necessarily "obsessive." Maybe I should just say like 5:00 PM M-F I'll give a quick browse.
Same anon as above. I will say you could for sure just take a break from in between now and September if it's stressing you our needlessly. On the parameters of my OSCAR search, which was fairly broad, there were maybe between 3 and 5 postings a week? They sort of picked back up in the fall which is when I got mine.
Thanks, will take a break until September
Take a break, and in the meantime lean on your contacts and see if they know anyone who will talk to you outside of the OSCAR process. You don't need to stop looking entirely.

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