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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:45 AM Author: arousing tanning salon macaca Because I'm new here. Were people here high in the idea of going to a lower T-14, graduating at median, and getting multiple market-paying offers? I can't even picture it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008728) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:46 AM Author: Aromatic mood ape Yes conventional wisdom was that only aspie morons at t14 did not get biglaw and they were right. A Weil offer was considered the pinnacle of shame. Latham to 190 was said in seriousness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008732) |
Date: September 10th, 2010 12:52 AM Author: Underhanded casino trump supporter top half of GULC was way good. bottom half had a chance if good interview/ivy ug/etc. basically everyone else was good to go. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008752) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:53 AM Author: arousing tanning salon macaca So what was the mood around here? People deciding how to spend their absurd bonuses? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008760) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:10 AM Author: Underhanded casino trump supporter people talked about how biglaw was miserable. everyone was looking for a plan to get out, be it a midlaw firm, boutique, whatever. nevertheless, mandy found herself looking forward to biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009782) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:34 PM Author: Learning Disabled Concupiscible Church Building Round Eye To be fair,
This was a perfect and haunting description, ty. |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:57 AM Author: deep toaster Models and Bottles.
Even T25 was landing almost 50% in Biglaw back then in some circumstances. |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:04 AM Author: Violent swashbuckling plaza any talk of working for the govt was laughed at, unless it was fed clerking or SEC type gigs. Anything less than a V10 or V20 was laughed at. There was no talk about taco trucks, working for best buy, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008819) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:06 AM Author: arousing tanning salon macaca What a shit profession to be able to plummet so exponentially in a matter of 3 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008822) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:08 AM Author: aquamarine dog poop step-uncle's house It was kind of like the internet bubble -- it was too good to last. Everything was done in excess and it was only a matter of time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008833) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:09 AM Author: charismatic cowardly yarmulke It was flying high, and now we're in a low. Law is not unique in this regard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008840) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:10 AM Author: Violent swashbuckling plaza yeah the entire profession pretty much jumped the shark (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008841) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:08 AM Author: charismatic cowardly yarmulke a bunch of aspies giving each other high-fives over raise after raise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008828) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:08 AM Author: Heady dilemma no one worked at firms outside of the v10 (and weil and skadden weren't even part of the v10). people at v10s were the underachievers would couldn't get banking or PE. models served bottles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16008829) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:14 AM Author: Razzmatazz tank There were lots of threads comparing the prestige levels of different firms and schools. People made minor distinctions in this regard that seem risible now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009790) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:16 AM Author: Racy theater stage gaping People were pissed off if their firm wasn't leading the raise from $125K to $135K, or $135K to #160K.
You'd take a bunch of callbacks for teh lulz, then come to XO and talk about the best restaurants you went to for lunch, and the quality of the hotels for the callbacks.
Summer associate programs were boozefests with massive lulz and hookups. 3-hour lunches with unlimited purchases were the norm. |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:19 AM Author: Razzmatazz tank At the summer program of a 2004 graduate that I know, they gave out credit cards and told people to have a good time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009806) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:23 AM Author: Racy theater stage gaping Man, it was crazy-ass times. I pegged spending per SA at something over $500K. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009816) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:26 AM Author: Razzmatazz tank Wow, that's completely idiotic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009823) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 11:03 AM Author: Hairraiser locale dopamine haha what a shitty flame.
you misspelled "50k" - even then probably no |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:18 AM Author: Comical station :D lived in a 5th Avenue duplex and had a place in the Hamptons. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009805) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:20 AM Author: Dull degenerate gas station 145K Milwaukee Midlaw from T25 was worst case scenario (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16009810) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 11:20 AM Author: Onyx national security agency stage took my big ass lower t14 scholarship because i'll walk into the v10 even at median. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010063) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 11:35 AM Author: bateful mischievous whorehouse personal credit line 3.7/174 gave you a 50/50 shot at HLS and good shot at $$ at T6. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010117) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:12 PM Author: Tripping aqua base laser beams pre-ITE will come again.
I'm thinking c/o 2013 |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:31 PM Author: Cerebral confused jew resort In Asia, maybe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010754) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:17 PM Author: Iridescent appetizing ticket booth People would laugh heartily if you STROOOOOOCK OUT, but then again, no one ever admitted to taking an offer there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010321) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:18 PM Author: Talking mental disorder university There was far more elitism, and less of this bullshit of being accepting of more types of jobs. Also, far less economic populism. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010326) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:21 PM Author: Mauve fat ankles it was still 95% aspie virgins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419375&forum_id=2#16010690) |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:25 PM Author: Fragrant transparent half-breed trailer park Bankers came here and bragged about their superior paychecks. XO denizens (mostly lawyers) and bankers ripped on each other... lawyers noting that the bankers were untalented, mindless Excel-monkeys, bankers noting that biglawyers were bankers' bitches.
Lehman Brothers, for a time, did pwn law. |