TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[elle woods]

I’m in the same boat right now. I grabbed snacks to eat but I’ve alr finished them and still haven’t even started with any app questions. Gna need to grab more snacks and hopefully I acc do something in terms of applications this time lmao.​

🤣 haha glad we're all going through the same experience... lowkey would love snacks rn...

 

[elle woods]

I am literally procrastinating finishing the Kirkland app because I'm so afraid of messing up 😢

I was like this all of this week, but I'm like not available tomorrow so I HAVE to get it done today 😭

 

[jojo23]

😂 no clue haha, though I know that the reaction time thing is more so to see how adaptable you are when you make a mistake (how you recover). But like when will I ever need to judge someone's emotions based off an AI-generated version of their face (which excludes everyday body language and tonal cues?)

If only they could see our faces during the test😭
Had me stress eating afterwards

 

[yk1906]

I was like this all of this week, but I'm like not available tomorrow so I HAVE to get it done today 😭

Same with wanting to finish it today, but it's just because I want to relax a bit during the weekend...

 

[W5690]

thank you completed wg 5/12, received email saying id passed the next day, and my portal said something like "we are reviewing your information"

@zonnonomo You are welcome. I completed the WG test on 28 Nov. and have not heard anything yet, so I do not think that is a good sign. 😅 Also, my portal says "we are enjoying getting to know you.", so this may mean a rejection, not communicated officially yet. 😅

 

[elle woods]

If only they could see our faces during the test😭
Had me stress eating afterwards

LMAO so real I was looking more and more confused as time went on 🤣 my face probably resembled a scrunched-up towel by the end of it 🤣

 

[lelezb1]

Has anyone who did the Mayer Brown test around mid-november heard back?

I just received a pfo. This was the only time I was satisfied with my VI 😭

 

[QuillandCounsel]

@zonnonomo You are welcome. I completed the WG test on 28 Nov. and have not heard anything yet, so I do not think that is a good sign. 😅 Also, my portal says "we are enjoying getting to know you.", so this may mean a rejection, not communicated officially yet. 😅

If that's what your portal says it just means they are reviewing ur app and wg now before any invites to TIs. I wouldn't worry tbh

 

[lawyersum]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

 

[anonymous.15]

has anyone heard from white & case spring/summer

rejected , my rejection came a while ago idk the exact date though

 

[elle woods]

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you
Now just Hogan and Latham next please

 

[yk1906]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

Same, I feel like I sound so generic sometimes... But I've read some successful apps over the years, and some of them sounded quite generic as well, so this gives me hope 😂

 

[yk1906]

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

 

[yk1906]

Literally have been wasting my time on the forum all evening... Oops

 

[yuhhhh]

Literally yesterday which is why I think it might be automatic but I'm still trying to savour some good news this cycle haha

bro i swear kirkland are sending out invites on a reverse rolling order 🤣

sent my app in in october hoping to hear back earlier but it seems people who are receiving invites now submitted this week

 

[BM99]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you
Now just Hogan and Latham next please

 

[testing123]

has anyone heard from white & case spring/summer

no, i dont think so. have you received any vi invite, if so how long was this after submitting the online assessment if you dont mind me asking. i havent received anything sadly

 

[elle woods]

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

haha don't be sorry, I was expecting it since I wasn't progressed onto stage 2 for ages 🤣 at least they're faster in rejecting than Hogan and Latham man

 

[BobThebIlly]

submitted my Goodwin app with only minutes to spare... that was terrifying but so exhilarating lmfao

 

[elle woods]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

well, this is the VS thread haha so yes, the VS