Fordham OCI 2018 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Any median students with offers?

Slightly above median--->3 offers. got v lucky. not gunna say firms for fear of outing myself.

For prospective students, do you get the sense that the above outcome is an outlier, or distinct possibility from Fordham?

Prospective students aren’t allowed to post in this forum.

If you’re above median, you have a chance at Big Law. Fordham sends approximately 40% of it’s class to big Law. There are people above median that don’t want big Law, so being median or above gives you a shot.

The closer you are to median the harder it becomes, most likely.

[Anonymous User]

Any median students with offers?

Slightly above median--->3 offers. got v lucky. not gunna say firms for fear of outing myself.

For prospective students, do you get the sense that the above outcome is an outlier, or distinct possibility from Fordham?

certainly an outlier. almost all my median/ just above median friends struck out. if you're hovering at median you have to either have to be incredibly interesting (you have only 20 minutes to charm screener interviewers to get your foot in the door), or incredibly attractive.

[Anonymous User]

Any median students with offers?

Slightly above median--->3 offers. got v lucky. not gunna say firms for fear of outing myself.

For prospective students, do you get the sense that the above outcome is an outlier, or distinct possibility from Fordham?

certainly an outlier. almost all my median/ just above median friends struck out. if you're hovering at median you have to either have to be incredibly interesting (you have only 20 minutes to charm screener interviewers to get your foot in the door), or incredibly attractive.

OP here, yes I would think I'm an outlier, but pretty much all of my friends were near the top of the class and got great jobs, so I can't say with any degree of certainty how much of an outlier I really am.

im not a URM, no real prior work experience. but my resume was pretty impressive nonetheless, my average af grades notwithstanding. did as well as one can when they're outside the top 1/3 (that is, not within grade cutoff to make LR). Interned at Fed. CoA during the summer and had a lot to talk about during interviews. I bid realistically and had 20+ screeners with 9 CBs. canceled 3 after got some offers, so can say I was at least 50% cb to offer. I don't know for sure, but I'd say I'm a decent interviewer in that I can hold a conversation for 20 mins and not appear autistic. but the high number of screeners (relative to my rank) indicates that I had something on paper others didn't, so not necessarily all about interviewing.

Im not going to be working at a v50, but I'll be making the same money. I consider myself very fortunate as I went into OCI thinking there was nothing for a median student. that being said, being around the median really sucked in terms of uncertainty/quality of firms realistically in reach and I feel like if I was in the top 33% I would have had a great chance at some v50-v20s.

[Anonymous User]

Any median students with offers?

Slightly above median--->3 offers. got v lucky. not gunna say firms for fear of outing myself.

For prospective students, do you get the sense that the above outcome is an outlier, or distinct possibility from Fordham?

certainly an outlier. almost all my median/ just above median friends struck out. if you're hovering at median you have to either have to be incredibly interesting (you have only 20 minutes to charm screener interviewers to get your foot in the door), or incredibly attractive.

OP here, yes I would think I'm an outlier, but pretty much all of my friends were near the top of the class and got great jobs, so I can't say with any degree of certainty how much of an outlier I really am.

im not a URM, no real prior work experience. but my resume was pretty impressive nonetheless, my average af grades notwithstanding. did as well as one can when they're outside the top 1/3 (that is, not within grade cutoff to make LR). Interned at Fed. CoA during the summer and had a lot to talk about during interviews. I bid realistically and had 20+ screeners with 9 CBs. canceled 3 after got some offers, so can say I was at least 50% cb to offer. I don't know for sure, but I'd say I'm a decent interviewer in that I can hold a conversation for 20 mins and not appear autistic. but the high number of screeners (relative to my rank) indicates that I had something on paper others didn't, so not necessarily all about interviewing.

Im not going to be working at a v50, but I'll be making the same money. I consider myself very fortunate as I went into OCI thinking there was nothing for a median student. that being said, being around the median really sucked in terms of uncertainty/quality of firms realistically in reach and I feel like if I was in the top 33% I would have had a great chance at some v50-v20s.

What a terribly pompous and insensitive reference. People with autism are at no fault for their social skills, and your comment makes fun of their condition. Surely there are other ways to get the point across that you can hold a conversation. Please apologize.

[Anonymous User]

^Lol

[Anonymous User]

3.3x, secondary journal, no prior we

I got 7, being my 1-5, 10, and 28. Definitely gonna try and hustle for more, but better than I expected

Similar stats, who did you rank where on your bid list and how did OCI go for you?

[Fletch23]

3.3x, secondary journal, no prior we

I got 7, being my 1-5, 10, and 28. Definitely gonna try and hustle for more, but better than I expected

Similar stats, who did you rank where on your bid list and how did OCI go for you?

Not the above poster, but feel free to PM me and I can try and point you in the right direction.

[legalpotato]

Any median students with offers?

Slightly above median--->3 offers. got v lucky. not gunna say firms for fear of outing myself.

For prospective students, do you get the sense that the above outcome is an outlier, or distinct possibility from Fordham?

certainly an outlier. almost all my median/ just above median friends struck out. if you're hovering at median you have to either have to be incredibly interesting (you have only 20 minutes to charm screener interviewers to get your foot in the door), or incredibly attractive.

OP here, yes I would think I'm an outlier, but pretty much all of my friends were near the top of the class and got great jobs, so I can't say with any degree of certainty how much of an outlier I really am.

im not a URM, no real prior work experience. but my resume was pretty impressive nonetheless, my average af grades notwithstanding. did as well as one can when they're outside the top 1/3 (that is, not within grade cutoff to make LR). Interned at Fed. CoA during the summer and had a lot to talk about during interviews. I bid realistically and had 20+ screeners with 9 CBs. canceled 3 after got some offers, so can say I was at least 50% cb to offer. I don't know for sure, but I'd say I'm a decent interviewer in that I can hold a conversation for 20 mins and not appear autistic. but the high number of screeners (relative to my rank) indicates that I had something on paper others didn't, so not necessarily all about interviewing.

Im not going to be working at a v50, but I'll be making the same money. I consider myself very fortunate as I went into OCI thinking there was nothing for a median student. that being said, being around the median really sucked in terms of uncertainty/quality of firms realistically in reach and I feel like if I was in the top 33% I would have had a great chance at some v50-v20s.

What a terribly pompous and insensitive reference. People with autism are at no fault for their social skills, and your comment makes fun of their condition. Surely there are other ways to get the point across that you can hold a conversation. Please apologize.

Although, as you point out, the poster could have got his (I’m assuming his gender - no apologies) point across in a different manner, and his reference was insensitive, and I wouldn’t be caught dead using “autistic” in such a colloquial manner, somehow you come across far worse by trying to derail this thread. Out of curiosity, are you autistic or do you have a close connection to someone who is autistic (e.g., a family member)?

[Trains23]

Median at Fordham also, looking for help with building a bid list. Very difficult to know where to bid realistically with the info CPC and Simplicity has.

[Anonymous User]

Median at Fordham also, looking for help with building a bid list. Very difficult to know where to bid realistically with the info CPC and Simplicity has.

If I remember correctly, the SBA should have sent out a list of firms and their typical Fordham GPA cutoff. Did they not do that this year?

[Trains23]

They did and there was all of 7 firms on the list that looked at top half.

So people are saying if the firm lists top 1/3 then top half would be looked at. But the caveat is that some firms have soft/hard limits. The only way to tell is to read the tea leaves on the individual law firm site and see if they have large incoming classes etc.

[Trains23]

Thanks Fletch I am trying to PM you but my account is too young