Anyone wanting to land Chicago would need good grades. You MAY have a slightly more difficult time if you're from out of state and don't have good grades (mostly b/c you won't get interviews), but that isn't necessarily a universal truth.parisian wrote:So usually out-of-state people would need good grades to land in Chicago? when you referred to grades, what did you mean percentage-wise? Is it common for people to get NY from UIUC? Thanks for taking questions
"Good grades" is slightly subjective, but anecdotally, top 10% did well, top 20% did OK; beyond that, it was tough and a bit more random (some top 1/3 got biglaw, some top 25% did not). NY is uncommon, but again, that is most likely due to self-selection (I don't know where everyone landed, but I do know that some IP folks at least had interviews there).