<p>sooo....self-explanatory title. What else can I do other than go to Harvard law and get a 3.7+?</p>
<p>O BTW are finance majors at a disadvantage for law school admissions? Or advantage? Or does it not even matter?</p>
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<p>go to Yale</p>
<p>Be the best.</p>
<p>H/Y, law review, perfect grades, perfect personality, inhuman work ethic.</p>
<p>"Be the best."</p>
<p>Wachtell hires from a fairly small set of schools, but that set is certainly not limited to Harvard and Yale Law. You can bet that many of the top 14 schools are included in their on campus recruiting process (I know for sure that they visit Columbia Law and Penn Law). You must have outstanding grades, usually law review, often work experience before law school, an absolute passion for the law (M&A is particularly helpful) and an ability and desire to work more than you ever thought was humanly possible. You also need a driven, very social personality, who can work well with colleagues and instill confidence in your clients. Even if you have all of these qualities, there are no guarantees. </p>
<p>futurenyustudent, I thought that you were set on your investment banking career while living in Fort Lee, to be followed by your venture capital career (that is, after you get into Stern)?</p>
<p>True, NYU students have the best chance to work at Wachtell.</p>
<p>What is that about NYU students?</p>
<p>I'm considering a career in corporate law. Just as an option in case ibanking doesn't work out. :)</p>
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I'm considering a career in corporate law. Just as an option in case ibanking doesn't work out.
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<p>Yeah... in about seven years or so...?</p>
<p>Whenever this happens, I like to think of what Saul Kripke's mother said to the mathematics department at Harvard when they offered him a position:</p>
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In the fourth grade he discovered algebra, which he later said he could have invented on his own, and by the end of grammar school he had mastered geometry and calculus and taken up philosophy. While still a teenager he wrote a series of papers that eventually transformed the study of modal logic. One of them, or so the legend goes, earned a letter from the math department at Harvard, which hoped he would apply for a job until he wrote back and declined, explaining, 'My mother said that I should finish high school and go to college first.'
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<p>It's a backup option, and a viable one at that. :D</p>
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It's a backup option, and a viable one at that.
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<p>Get into NYU, first.</p>
<p>The founders went there and have an affinity for NYU students.</p>
<p>You're probably much better off at Harvard or Yale, but it's kind of pointless to speculate. It's pretty unlikely that you'll ever work for Wachtell.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.....:)</p>
<p>Since there's no comment on how a finance major will affect admissions, I'll assume it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>I pity anyone who thinks Watchell is a nice back up career.</p>
<p>Not Watchell, silly. Corporate law.</p>
<p>what's so special about wachtell?</p>
<p>One of the top corporate firms, along with Cravath.</p>
<p>highest pay in all the land. Became notorious in the late 90s early 00s when it paid its associates a bonus of 100% of base salary. So first year associates actually made $250,000 their first year. Their bonuses have since come back down to earth.</p>