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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

I’m pleased to announce that after 37 days post app, I’ve received a PFO post app from Travers! I’m still looking forward to nothing here!

Unfortunately this means Travers Smith failed to surpass Milbank on the league table. I wish them the best of luck in the next app cycle though!

This is the updated version of the league table:

1st place: Freshfields (43 days) RECORD HOLDER
2nd place: Sidley (42 days) CATCHING UP??!!
3rd place: Milbank (38 days) RUNNER UP??!!
4th place: Travers Smith (37 days) [PFO post app]
5th place: Ropes & Gray (22 days) [NEW ENTRY]
As there have been a few changes since my last post for the league tables here’s an update:​

1st place: Freshfields (49 days) RECORD HOLDER
2nd place: Sidley (48 days) CATCHING UP??!!
3rd place: Milbank (38 days) RUNNER UP??!!
4th place: Travers Smith (37 days) [PFO post app]
5th place: Covington (30 days) [PFO post app]
6th place: Ropes & Gray (27 days) [AC invite]
7th place: Orrick (14 days) [NEW ENTRY]

I wonder whose gna win the race between Sidley and Freshfields, almost at 50 days for both…

Then again, Orrick could easily catch up if they’re gna ghost me until the end of the year lmao.

I’m sure there are other firms I applied to which would probs rank high but I didn’t track them…​
 

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Quick Q

I got post AC feedback where I was told that both the interviews went very well, but that one area to improve was making my answers less heavy and reducing use of buzzwords.

Kind of confused as to what that means exactly? The specific comments were that my answers came across slightly over rehearsed.
 
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