I'm been posting a lot of random crap recently, partly because these are the things I actually look at and find amusing, and because I haven't had much time. All in all, these stupid posts are essentially what you would experience if I were still there in your immediate presence, as I would likely poke you to look at the picture of Jiang Zemin, or ramble on about the state of the North Korean government and how Pyongyang actually looks like a normal city.
However, the real reason is that I've been doing OCI for the past 3 weeks. That's 3 full weeks of interviews in between, before, and after classes. For some reason, most of my interviews have fallen after my monday and tuesday classes...which means I have class from 8:15-4:30, then I have get into my suit and book it to the hotel where we are interviewed, and interview from 5:20 til about 7:00. At that point, I'm usually exhuasted for my 8:15 the next day. More importantly, I probably wore myself getting ready for 6 classes and 8 interviews the week before. In essence, it's been a brutalizing experience. The good news? I wrapped up 3 interviews today, and have only 1 more left on Friday at 5:40...and I'm not even going to take that callback if I get it.
As for the interviews, this is the ultra-boring rundown of the last 3 weeks:
Week 1: Two out of the three firms I wanted in the first week rejected me summarily, and I didn't have any callbacks by the end of the first week. It was disheartening, mostly because I began to fear that I left behind everything that made me happy for nothing...or less than nothing as I tend to think I would have been able to get callbacks from those two firms from Wash U...but who knows. I also got rejected from two firms which were my backup firms. Which also terrified me. I figured I just really sucked at interviewing. My policy of being honest, open, somewhat cynical, and just being me was basically a failure. I did, however, get a callback at my top choice in this whole damned process. I met with the career services office because of my fear that I sucked total ass at interviewing...and they just told me I'd be fine.
Week 2: I had one interview at a monstrously large and powerful firm. I ended up interviewing with the global hiring partner of the entire firm (ie. he handles hiring for the firm of like 1600+ attorneys). I was lame, bumbling, but apparently he appreciated it.
Week 3: Yom Kippur has fucked this shit up. Because of cancelled classes, I have makeup classes this week on friday, and I am designated to be on call. PLUS, this week he decided to assign our class the same number of pages it took him the first 5 weeks to cover...at the tail end of which I will be on call. I had/have 7 interviews this week, including 3 firms which I applied for purely on the basis of their rankings and Anglo-sounding names from the 1800's. Oh, and I was so tired by today that I slept right through my 8:15 class...and just went straight to my 3 interviews.
These partners are surprisingly nice people. They don't seem like they are particularly interesting, or that I have anything in common with any of them, but I've had some really interesting conversations (interesting being a relative term) with them and I've actually felt more at ease than I had thought I would feel. At this point, I have a fair number of callbacks... and I'm just fine with the ones I got...as well as carrying a grudge against the ones I didn't get (not really, but kinda)....and I'm just ready for this shit to be over with.
As for the rest of the week and a half, I have tons of homework to prepare for, a human rights advocates meeting (which for some reason requires homework, a mini-brief, and an oral orgument), international law journal editing, a flag football game (I scored two touchdowns in the rain and knocked the hell out of a girl on accident last time), one more interview, and a whole lotta fatty unhealthy foods without even a little exercise. And when I say all that...it's with a sense of relief.
Ok that's all. I've posted enough, and I doubt that any of you even read this far. So here's a nice big fuck you to all the people who haven't read this sentence, and a smile and a handshake for those who have.
3 comments:
haha. Dude, if you can hold onto what you believe in and avoid this whole thing when you get here, then I am with you. Maybe it's just the lawyer mentality, but it seems like I'm able to justify any and every decision I make along this path of wealth and a hatred for all things "life." As if I'm doing this for some future and higher calling that I haven't yet identified.
I wish I had the strength and the understanding to do what I truly think I should be doing. Although, all my faith at this point is that this IS what I should be doing.
Are you gonna follow this route too?
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I think you are just in a sophmore slump. I know I am. Remember last year...every thing was so new and it seemed like the sky was the limit.
I think that feeling can be recaptured if we just look at the next step (firm life or whatever) as just that...a step. It is not something we have to do for the rest of our life. Just think of it as an experience and go with the flow. In the end, we will be in a position where we have always wanted to be.
By the way, it is not near as fun this year not having you and the other RC around. I didn't realize how much time I spent with you last year until this year.
Go Harvard!
DA
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