MP's Thread, or how to get paid $75K to sit around: also known as UChicago 2010

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i don't mind posting my info, too.  it's not bragging if you didn't do that well.

I've had 2 callbacks, no news.  One told me I should hear in October.  The other didn't say anything.  I have several more callbacks, but it looks like the offer wait is almost as slow as the callback wait.

I'm trying not to sweat it.  I'm young, the economy will improve.  An orchard will bloom.

[buffettologie]

It seems like everybody is taking longer to do everything this year - good luck, I imagine one of your several CBs will work out.

It really is brutal though. It still boggles the mind that this is our experience and we go to one the top 5 or so law schools in the country and there are 195 of them behind us. And every day thousands of kids apply to these schools blissfully unaware.

I had someone tell me over the weekend that a JD was a "license of print money" no matter what school you go to. Blissfully unaware.

[seatochitown]

This is a guess, but I think only about 10-15% of people have offers at this point. People at median or below had two callbacks max, and several people had none.

In Chicago, these stats are even worse--some people well above median had two or three callbacks, and I get the feeling that the same clump of students is going to collect all the offers. Whether that means firms will go to a second round or not, one can only hope.

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I am very much looking forward to the extended vacation otherwise known as fall quarter.

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I know someone who did Chicago with top 10% + LR + bad-ass suit = 12 callbacks, no idea about the offers.

[IlliniBoy]

I have no idea who you're talking about, but I know a girl with the same statistics (minus the suit, I suppose) who had around that same number of CBs, and definiely has at least two offers thus far.

No one can evaluate OCI until we discover whether that second round of CBs and offers actually materializes when people start actually rejecting offers. The people at Skadden told me they were only offering ~100 people firmwide, which was exactly the number of slots they planned on having, and that they'd move down the waitlist one by one as they got rejections. If that's true, some people might not be getting offers until November.

[Hawking]

When people say "shitstorm" I'm not sure they're bemoaning the fate of the top 10%. Yes, people who graded on LR have opportunities, but it seems that people with averages above 177 do not. Wouldn't you all guess that most students have heard positively or negatively from every OCI firm? I'd say the possibility of a second round of CB anywhere is very, very slight. 

I do agree that people will be hearing into November as a results of firms' more conservative approach to hiring. The fear of oversubscription will leave a lot of people in limbo unless those with offers move on them fairly quickly.

[IlliniBoy]

When people say "shitstorm" I'm not sure they're bemoaning the fate of the top 10%. Yes, people who graded on LR have opportunities, but it seems that people with averages above 177 do not. Wouldn't you all guess that most students have heard positively or negatively from every OCI firm? I'd say the possibility of a second round of CB anywhere is very, very slight. 

I do agree that people will be hearing into November as a results of firms' more conservative approach to hiring. The fear of oversubscription will leave a lot of people in limbo unless those with offers move on them fairly quickly.

Fair enough. If you don't have a single callback by now, you're probably in trouble. Still, if you're around median with 2-3 CBs and haven't heard anything, I wouldn't assume that you struck out.

The difference between this OCI being bad and absolutely dreadful will be the number of those types of people that actually get offers. I don't know what the answer to that is.

[finderskeepers]

When people say "shitstorm" I'm not sure they're bemoaning the fate of the top 10%. Yes, people who graded on LR have opportunities, but it seems that people with averages above 177 do not.

I know more than one person with 177 average who have multiple OFFERS.  There are opportunities.

[IlliniBoy]

Seeing the gaggle of 1Ls today reminded me of what I once was. Innocence, youth, and paradise: all lost!