It's absolutely something to be proud of, but it's not relevant to recruiting. The attorneys who did well in undergrad and on the LSAT don't dwell on it and the ones who didn't think it's a poor measure of talent. This won't do you any favors during an interview, and bringing it up (especially given your current grades) make you look like someone living in the past.UnfortunateResult wrote: 3.74 GPA and 176 LSAT and I go to a T6 in NYC on Scholarship
Do you have work experience to counterbalance this?UnfortunateResult wrote:
Finished 1L with a 3.18 and felt pretty shitty about it but got over it after a good night's sleep
I really wish attorneys will stop saying things like that to young students. It's lip service. He might be happy to see you the following day, but short of everybody else having no/few merits, he's going to go with someone who either fits the practice group needs or has better grades (depending on the type of firm). Our firm is known for not being grade sensitive: that just means we're hiring based on practice group needs and demonstrated skill.UnfortunateResult wrote:
For example, I went to a reception the night before an interview and ended up speaking with my screener interviewer for about 30 minutes and the person said "we really want people like you to come to our firm and I hope I'm your interviewer tomorrow."
Passive is not the answer unless you plan to do a lot of client consulting. Be honest with yourself for a minute: any chance you're aggressive and awkward? If not then maybe you blend in too well with the crowd. Try to stand out in a good way. I once had a girl who spent most of the interview discussing the merits of the people she worked for. Her resume was exceptional as is, so the fact that she seemed easy-going was a great selling point. (The counter example to that being a fellow who spent the interview talking about how much harder working he was than someone "from a top school" because "he had to be." He even listed my school as an example of kids who "have it easy.")UnfortunateResult wrote:
Apparently, I can be pedantic at times, and be too headstrong in interviews. I'm trying to be more passive but it's something I have to learn and not natural to me. Even when I am being myself I was told by OCS and after all my practice interviews that I'm a polite thoughtful person so it doesn't make sense to me how that one defect in my interview character could explain 37 rejections. Moreover, I interviewed with a former recruiter for a V10 today who now works at the place where I've interned and he said he thought I interviewed very well.
If you're litigation, go clerk.UnfortunateResult wrote:
In any case, besides mass mailing and signing up for fall OCI what else should I be doing? I really need a solid job (below market is fine) and I don't want to work public interest but not much is going my way.
If you're corporate, go either in-house or work as a consultant.