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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

I just got invited to Burgess Salmon tests even though I never applied...If only passing the app stage was so easy each time haha
- Miki3999
- Post #4,757
- Dec 8, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

I haven't even got the test yet :D
- Miki3999
- Post #4,752
- Dec 8, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

does it involve motivational questions as well? I guess it does
- Miki3999
- Post #4,661
- Dec 7, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

me too! Stress intensifies
- Miki3999
- Post #4,536
- Dec 6, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Is 4x average 1 above average Mayer Brown test score any good? Haha
- Miki3999
- Post #4,265
- Dec 2, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

It's a business scenario (not necessarily M&A) and they give you an hour to do it on a fairly old laptop :p the document has a few pages, 6-8 if I remember correctly.
- Miki3999
- Post #4,056
- Nov 28, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Do the Mayer Brown tests have to be completed in one go? Or can I do SJT one day and the rest on the other?
- Miki3999
- Post #3,972
- Nov 26, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

What is this deadline for?
- Miki3999
- Post #3,880
- Nov 24, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Yes it is
- Miki3999
- Post #3,751
- Nov 23, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

This made me wonder, because I had a similar issue with SM. I had an interview there but it was my first interview and went very bad because I was so nervous. I knew they have that policy that once you fail at the interview stage you cannot reapply, unless there is a big change in your...
- Miki3999
- Post #3,702
- Nov 22, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

EY AC people: would you like to create a group chat to prep together for the day of doom?
- Miki3999
- Post #3,364
- Nov 17, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Yup, just saw that as well. Is it online though?
- Miki3999
- Post #3,357
- Nov 17, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Same, I'm tempted to book the 29th
- Miki3999
- Post #3,355
- Nov 17, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

You can say, for example and depending on the city, that the firm's practice in X and Y in which you are interested is particularly strong in that city etc. If it's London, you can also say thay you chose London because it's one of the biggest financial centres in the world and the main hub for...
- Miki3999
- Post #3,352
- Nov 17, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Same here! I have trip abroad booked for next week so hopefully the AC will not actually be on Thursday haha
- Miki3999
- Post #3,350
- Nov 17, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

My EY portal says: "current status additional information needed" but there is no option to do anything...no idea what this means hahahaha
- Miki3999
- Post #3,285
- Nov 16, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

At Travers you either get an AC invitation or you are lost in the endless abyss, there is no middle ground
- Miki3999
- Post #2,862
- Nov 10, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Isn't this essentially discrimination? You can't be fired for being sick....
- Miki3999
- Post #374
- Nov 6, 2021
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

summer intern
- Miki3999
- Post #2,479
- Nov 4, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

Same! Well done guys! Any tips would be appreciated! haha
- Miki3999
- Post #2,465
- Nov 4, 2021
- Forum: Applications Discussion

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