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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:45 AM Author: mind-boggling location hunting ground 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: trip angry becky institution 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: nubile carnelian faggot firefighter casino 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: mind-boggling location hunting ground 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: nubile carnelian faggot firefighter casino 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: talented hospital To be fair,
This was a perfect and haunting description, ty. |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 12:57 AM Author: Sooty gaped church old irish cottage 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: Galvanic adulterous coldplay fan garrison 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: mind-boggling location hunting ground 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: Citrine sticky school cafeteria 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: Exhilarant Mauve Pisswyrm 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: Galvanic adulterous coldplay fan garrison 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: Exhilarant Mauve Pisswyrm 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: spectacular halford 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: Irradiated lime idiot 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: umber office 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: Irradiated lime idiot 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: umber office 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: Irradiated lime idiot 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: fighting trailer park stain haha what a shitty flame.
you misspelled "50k" - even then probably no |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 10:18 AM Author: magical crimson plaza feces :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: Awkward orchestra pit mad-dog skullcap 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: bull headed point 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: Exciting Organic Girlfriend 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: Jade principal's office pre-ITE will come again.
I'm thinking c/o 2013 |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 1:31 PM Author: Beady-eyed theater 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: Ebony glittery pocket flask 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: Thirsty menage 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: erotic center fanboi 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: cerebral potus 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. |