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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Multiple choice response or free text answer?- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,958
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
If they are explicitly asking for a cover letter, I would put an appropriate introduction and sign off - that only needs to be 7 words and I suspect you could say something more concisely elsewhere.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,955
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Possible mitigating circumstance?
Yes - you can speak to your professor/personal tutor about this. You’ll need to explain to them how you think not getting your diagnosis has impacted your studies and particularly impacted certain modules/assessments. It’s probably worthwhile meeting with them to discuss this rather relying back...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #12
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
initial offers maybe, there could be more to come, especially if people turn offers down.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
You will need approval from your vacation scheme firm to skip the last day. If you are going to miss a day you have to tell them why, and lying isn’t a good look in this industry.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,947
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
These things take time - it’s not always possible to tell everyone at the same time. You will hear back eventually, whether you are successful, on a wait list, or have been unsuccessful.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,007
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Clashing interviews
They won’t drop you from the scheme - the worst they will say is no to the time off. You could obviously compromise a conversion process for your vacation scheme too, where ultimately you are choosing the interviewing firm over the vacation scheme firm.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
And another one! Congratulations 🥳- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,990
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
And more amazing news - congratulations!- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,981
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Congratulations!- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,980
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Exercises are typically designed to be incredibly tight on time - I wouldn’t worry about that, it’s very normal and many groups won’t “complete” the exercise or may rush over certain parts of it.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,973
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
I wouldn’t expect any team to read though 25 pages in that timeframe - although the trick would probably be the break it down into sections if you had the ability to discuss that before reading (a lot of exercises don’t allow you to speak before the reading time though).- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,961
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Clashing interviews
The ideal situation is to asking the interviewing firm for an alternative date. You may not be able to take a day off from your vacation scheme - that is at the firm’s discretion. Depending on what day it is within the scheme, it could be detrimental to take that day off. Some people do take...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
I am not convinced this is the right approach. Name dropping doesn’t create good answers to this question - it is not what this question is expecting of you.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,957
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Yes, this is an appropriate approach if you don’t have the chance to bump into them/cross paths in the office. You can just contact them as you have suggested. You don’t have to be working directly with them. You are introducing yourself - it’s very normal to have not met someone before...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,942
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
“As many people as possible” is not the right approach here. Firstly, you should only do this if you have the time first of all - I have seen too many vac schemers spend too much time away from their department meeting up with people and not impressing their department/people they are working...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,938
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Depends on the firm. Some ask for commendations or above, but many don’t.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,950
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
The first thing is you have to check with your vac scheme firm that you can miss a day. Some firms will say no, while others are accommodating. However, if it is a week long, I personally don’t think it is a good idea to miss one day. It’s slightly different if it was 3-4 weeks, but because it...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,936
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
This will vary massively from firm to firm. If they are occasional modules and a small percentage of each year, then I don’t think the occasional 2.2 is an issue. If more of them are the equivalent of thirds then this might be more of an issue.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2,947
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
Sounds like you may have been on a wait list. I think if the scheme starts in two weeks it is unlikely (although not impossible) that you could join the scheme as onboarding processes typically take a couple of weeks, but there is no harm in contacting them again to see what the status of your...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #14,933
- Forum: Applications Discussion