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2010 OCIP Callbacks

This is the 2010 OCIP callback thread. If you are unsure about what that might mean, look here, here, or even here. Then take a break and look here for some comedic relief.

Still unsure what the thread is all about? Here is a short explanation: some people think it's helpful to learn whether firms are calling back as soon as possible. This thread is designed to satiate that obsessive desire by publicly disseminating that information as quickly as possible. To make it work, everybody has to play -- if you get a callback, post that information anonymously into the comments. Please format it like this:

[Firm Name], [Firm City], [+/-]

+ means you got a callback.
- means you did not get a callback.

Here is a longer explanation:

(a) When you get a callback or a ding (ding = a rejection), look to see if that information has been included in the main post. If not, post it into the comments using the following format: Firm Name, City, + or - to indicate offer or ding respectively. If it's already in the main post but you post it again to comments anyway, I'll cry for humanity a little bit and then delete the comment.

(b) I will move your information into the main body of the thread. After adding the information, I will delete comments that state only an offer or a ding. I will also delete comments that I find counterproductive to a supportive, positive OCI process for everyone. That may bother some people, but tough cookies!! That said, I'll keep any comment posted under your full, real name.

(c) I will keep comments that offer something substantive, ask or answer a question, or make me laugh (a relatively low standard.)

As Patrick noted last year, and as Armen wisely opined five years ago: if this thread makes you feel anxious or uncomfortable, just skip it. You'll miss very little of substance, and you'll spare yourself a few weeks of stress. In any case, you will learn nothing here about your callbacks that wasn't going to come to you by phone or mail, anyway. Lastly, while I can't claim to know all of the class of 2012 (that is our class year, right?), I think it's pretty safe to say we are all fabulously brilliant future Avengers of the Law in addition to being really, really good people -- so take it one day at a time, stay kind to your friends, and you're gonna KILL IT!!

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).