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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Novaa

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I’m assuming PFO. Nearly lived it, loved it. Farewell Baker McKenzie.
NOOOOO DONT SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE. IT’S NOT OVER, TILL ITS OVER!!

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EfficientBag123

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    I’m sure more people would have AC as it’s such a large intake form and also they usually have like 5 dates if they only sent two must be in batches. I wouldn’t give up totally right now
    I submitted my VI on the 19th of December. If people are submitting theirs later and getting ACs I think I just need to take the hint. Don’t think it’s over for you lot yet though.
     
    I've got my first written exercise tmrw and I acc have no clue what to expect. They have been so vague and just said I don't need any prior knowledge but like idek what it is I'll be writing all I know is it's 40 mins (this is w extra time). Any advice pls I'm getting desparate!!
    It’s a bit tough as written exercise is so vague. But, I know for Wedlake Bell we did a written exercise and I expected it to be a writing task. It was actually just a proof reading task and we had to highlight and amend a paper doc.
     
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    iklawapps

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    @iklawapps the key distinction between different types of written exercises is how you cater your writing to your audience. Although it seems like an obvious one, you'd be surprised how many times people have bulked up an "email to a client" thinking more words meant more marks, when in reality it meant failing to understand your audience. So, first thing to think about when you have a written exercise, whether that be an internal memo, email to a partner, letter to a client, think about the audience. If it is a memo, you can afford to keep it brief and bulleted, if it is for a partner (dependent on the topic) you can break it down to make it easily digestible for them to read without compromising on commercial points, as for the client you can break it down even further to get straight to the point without going into to much detail on rationale. Once you have your audience in mine, you will understand the structure and how much time/detail needs to go into that portion of the task. Hope this helps :)
    That definitely helps!! Thank you so much Afraz : ) I appreciate all of that!
     
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