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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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I attended an event with Travers and they said they are still screening and it might be a few weeks before they send out emails
I guess Jones Day asking for a reference means you’ve been shortlisted. Applied on the 27th, asked for reference on the 30th, and was invited to interview pretty much straight after my referee sent my reference off today.
@Jessica Booker for international students who want to take part in winter vac schemes but cannot due to most winter vac schemes clashing with term time, how would you suggest approaching discussions with grad rec?
I've heard of firms who would be willing to allow international students on visa to work no more than 20 hours/week so that they do not breach the conditions of their visa, but I personally doubt that candidates themselves would gain a lot from the experience if this was the case because 20 hours/week of exposure to the firm isn't really a lot compared to other candidates who are on the scheme full time.
Would it just be better to ask to be deferred to a spring/summer scheme where it falls outside of term time and there are are no Visa restrictions on working hours? Also would it reflect badly on a candidate who got a winter vac scheme offer to defer due to date clashes with term time? i.e. maybe the candidate should have checked for date clashes before even applying to the winter scheme.
I've heard of firms who would be willing to allow international students on visa to work no more than 20 hours/week so that they do not breach the conditions of their visa, but I personally doubt that candidates themselves would gain a lot from the experience if this was the case because 20 hours/week of exposure to the firm isn't really a lot compared to other candidates who are on the scheme full time.
Would it just be better to ask to be deferred to a spring/summer scheme where it falls outside of term time and there are are no Visa restrictions on working hours? Also would it reflect badly on a candidate who got a winter vac scheme offer to defer due to date clashes with term time? i.e. maybe the candidate should have checked for date clashes before even applying to the winter scheme.
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I would go in to the discussions about moving to a Spring or Summer scheme first, or even to be considered for a direct TC process.
I don't think doing 20 hour weeks is productive unless the scheme is less than 2.5 days long per week. Some firms may be willing to do this, but it's dodgy in my opinion - you'd need to make sure you were only doing 20 hours (and that is combined with any other job you were doing - e.g. part-time work), and reality is you will either miss important parts of the vacation scheme or won't be able to have the same impact as other vacation scheme students. In most instances, you'd probably end up doing more than 20 hours which puts you and the firm at a significant risk.
has anyone received a W&C pfo? I havent heard back since submitting my written app and see VI invites have gone out.. are people still receiving VI invites?
Yes, for WVS, they are probably responding to all of those first.
For the Travers Smith application how many words did people do for the leisure activities & positions of responsibility? and did you bullet point these or answer in full?
Has anyone heard back from Covington? surely they should be sending out AC invites soon given their scheme is in November?
is anyone attending the Cleary Gottlieb AC on nov 16th? I applied for direct TC this summer, but was emailed back saying that I was better suited to a VS so they put me through to the AC for the winter vac scheme. But I haven't heard anything from them since I confirmed my attendance early september
Haven’t seen anyone on this forum sharing about receiving Cleary AC! Still waiting to hear from them haha
Likewise - congrats on getting through to AC
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