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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I’m beginning to think my application didn’t go through at all with the post-app ghosting they did lol
  2. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Macfarlanes post AC PFO. Ugh, the post AC PFO hits hard. This is the 2nd AC PFO I’ve gotten :’( tried my best but still zz
  3. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    3rd year in a row PFO from Links wooo. I’ve gotten the same weakness in their CAPP test three years straight even though I try to answer differently 💀
  4. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Oh congrats! Ahh didn’t know there were already doing ACs for it hmm
  5. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Has fieldfisher actually gotten back to anyone on the Diversity Access Scheme? Just sent me an email delaying a reply for another 10-14 days so :/
  6. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Ah I see, congrats on getting progressed to next stage 😄 Yea I did, but tbh I didn’t really change my application this time round either since it did get me to AC stage last year, but I guess it worked against me because maybe their standards were different for TC 😅
  7. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Freshfields PFO post-app for direct TC :( Does previously having failed an AC for the firm’s VS contribute to them more likely to PFO you? Kinda sad cos I do like the firm
  8. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Dentons AC for summer! Actually surprised because idk why but I keep expecting rejection 😭 Really happy though bc I’ve never passed a VI before this 😄
  9. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    If you don’t mind paying a bit each month, I found that subscribing to Watson Daily + attending their monthly roundup calls really helped me. I subscribed to FT and their first daily thing but I found that FT is really long and can be hard to read, so WD works better for me 😄 And WD has a...
  10. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Dentons said they’d get back to us approx 3 weeks after we submit the test/VI…pretty sure it’s been longer than that 😭 Guess they’re still reviewing apps then
  11. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I did the Withers test today and it was so long 😭😭 Numerical questions take me forever so thank god it wasn’t timed
  12. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    They sent me the test today (for DAS). I applied very late tho, deadline day, so not sure how fast they fill up vacancies
  13. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I have a question about SJTs. Is it generally better to escalate or de-escalate a situation? And should I ask questions to the senior who gave me the work/colleagues if I’m unclear abt the work they give me or is it better to have a go at it myself without asking?
  14. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hey, Congrats on getting two ACs though, that’s amazing! As for Freshfields, if they don’t get back to you definitely email them. Last year they basically ghosted me for a month and only responded after I emailed them asking abt the outcome of the AC 🙃
  15. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Thank you, I really appreciate your response. Love the analogy. I've wanted to be a lawyer for so long I never really thought what else I could do... I really hope I find my perfect room one day though!
  16. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I go to a uni where career is very much a status thing and pretty much everyone in my year wants to be a commercial solicitor, and sometimes I feel so embarrassed I haven't gotten a job yet even though I'm in my final year. I know it's nothing to be embarrassed about, but I guess I can't help...
  17. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I saw some asking when Mayer Brown got back abt the test. For me (Summer) I applied on 7 Jan and got an invite to the test on 16 Jan, and they sent the feedback report of my test on 24 Jan. Haven’t heard back from it though, but considering the feedback for my test we’re all below average to...
  18. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Not yet, though from the looks of it they’re still sending WG invites?? I applied on deadline day and ytd they sent me the email to do the WG
  19. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Congrats! May I ask how long it took them to get back to you after VI/Test?
  20. R

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Ugh HSF PFO for SVS. Can’t seem to pass the post-app stage for HSF and I like that firm, so it’s so frustrating. Been rejected from them for an open day and two vac scheme apps at this point.

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