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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    How soon after the TW online assessment do you know if you’ve passed the benchmark?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    For anyone who’s been to RPC’s events, did grad rec give any guidance on their “strikingly real” question? Would appreciate any insight at this point 🥲
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Does anyone have any tips for the evaluating arguments part of the TW test? My overall score seems to be good, but my percentile score is pretty average. I’m having a hard time differentiating between the “strong/weak” and “very strong/very weak” options. In general, my percentile score seems...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    For the Reed Smith application, is it advisable to enter work experience in prose? @Abbie Whitlock would love your insight on this well.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Does the TW test have numerical reasoning?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Anyone applied for CMS on deadline day and received the WG?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi @Abbie Whitlock, thanks for such a detailed response. Do you think it would be okay to mention two practice areas/ industry groups? And then perhaps align it with the firm’s sector focused approach?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    That’s so odd, considering that their open day application literally had a question about which one practice area we’d like to explore further. That being said, in my “why RS open day question”, I’d mentioned both their energy practice and their shipping practice. So maybe mentioning more than...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I really hope so. I procrastinated that cover letter for over a month and literally sent the application an hour before the deadline. 😂
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I feel like I majorly messed up the Taylor Wessing cover letter by adding a “why commercial law” paragraph, even though I tried to keep it really short. Could have used the space to expand more on skills 🥲
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Is it safe to assume that the deadline is 11:59 PM?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    For the Taylor Wessing cover letter, the application form says it should include details on my skills and why I have applied for the scheme. Do we still need to outline “why commercial law” then or just stick to “why the firm” and “why me” and elaborate on that instead.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi @Abbie Whitlock, I’m currently working on the RPC app, and their only question is “In what ways do you see yourself as ‘strikingly real’, and how does that connect with your motivation to apply here and your confidence in succeeding”. From what I’ve read on their website, the strikingly...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has anyone who submitted Freshfields stage 1 test on Nov 9th or after received a stage 2 invite?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    For anyone who’s applying or had applied to BBC, do we need to submit a cover letter and CV? The job description says we don’t, but application form has a section for it.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Congratulations! When did you submit the stage 1 test?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has B&B responded to anyone post-app in the past few weeks? I'm starting to think I applied too late (Oct 22nd)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Is there an error checking exercise for Freshfields’s stage 1 test?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has anyone received a PFO from Bird & Bird post app?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Congratulations! Can I ask when you submitted your application and whether it was for the summer VS?

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