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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

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Hi @Afraz Akhtar
I understand this isn't really your expertise area but I was wondering if it’s okay to request a quieter room for preparing for presentations. I get quite anxious preparing in crowded spaces, and a different room would really help me concentrate better. I don’t have a formal diagnosis, but I wanted to ask if this is usually accommodated at law firms. Or will this be viewed negatively?
 
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Bakers has been so anxiety-inducing this week ! I'm expecting a PFO because of my VI performance but given the ACs for Spring are this week and next, I'd just like my PFO for closure. 🥲
It turns out no one has actually heard anything. Can only assume there’s some admin issues we don’t know about or everyone on this forum has been rejected. I think the former is the most likely. We just need to sit tight.
 
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Did Milbank Stage 1 early December, heard nothing since… why won’t they send a PFO already?? I doubt I’ll get Stage 2 now
entirely up to you, but I would email as the stage two invites (in my experience, got sent out relatively soon after). I did my stage two, but then they said I hadn't (wasnt in the system), so I had to do another one. Their system is so unconvincing because it never sent submission receipts to my email. its been a faff but hopefully we'll pull through!
 
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Any news from Weil?
They said during my VI we’d hear back early Jan so if that’s still the case, we should hear by Friday (otherwise it’ll no longer be early Jan).

They might have gotten loads of last minute apps though and esp cos of Xmas and NY, there might be some more delays in hearing back.​
 
They said during my VI we’d hear back early Jan so if that’s still the case, we should hear by Friday (otherwise it’ll no longer be early Jan).

They might have gotten loads of last minute apps though and esp cos of Xmas and NY, there might be some more delays in hearing back.​
I applied soo early in the cycle, got my VI invite on 03/11. But i was very confused to see that someone with a higher SJT score than me got a PFO, but I still haven’t heard anything yet …
 
I applied soo early in the cycle, got my VI invite on 03/11. But i was very confused to see that someone with a higher SJT score than me got a PFO, but I still haven’t heard anything yet …
Yeah I’m in a similar situation to you. I applied for the Weil VS early Nov and received the SJT and VI on 24/11. I sat the SJT on 14/12 and did the VI with early careers on 17/12. I’ve seen people applied after me and/or who took the test after me get sent PFOs so idek what to think tbh.​
 
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