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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    When a firm has not given any indication of timetlines for hearing back is it ever appropriate to email and ask. I don't want to seem impatient but I have a summer job offer as a paralegal and need to commit to them within the next week or so, if I got accepted on to the vac schemes I'm waiting...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Have many people heard back for SH summer?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    anyone know if anyone has heard for SH summer yet?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Not since I did the online assessment / VI.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think I saw 3 people on here so far. And yeah same I did mine on Saturday.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yeah, a few people commented on this thread that they got a spring VS with Stephenson Harwood.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Nope! I am refreshing my emails constantly. I think because some spring people heard on Monday I have hope we'll hear soon but who knows...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    anyone heard from SH today?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you for your positivity, I hope so!! :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hey did they say much about timeline for the Summer intake? As I've known people last year not hearing until really late (late-Apr/May), and wondered if that means I won't hear much for a while.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I clicked both summer options, but not spring, and did get a test invite last Tuesday I hope so too!!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you for this and congrats again! I'm worried about my scores but all I can do is hope my VI was enough.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Congrats!! is this for spring?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    OMG congrats, that's such a quick turnaround!!! Can I ask what ur scores on the Amberjack assessment were?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    i feel the exact same honestly! let down for sh by the sjt and its so frustrating as there’s not loads you can do about it and no matter how much hard work you put into the interview part, it feels as though im never going to get it due to the test.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    does anyone know how much a bad automated report post SJT is going to impact a VS when done alongside a decent video interview. just panicking as I felt the traits it said I was lacking weren't true to me at all, and the ones I did 'better' on are less like me and would hate for this to be the...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    has anyone heard from womble bond dickinson following their high potential assessment
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Okay thanks! What about the video interview, how many qs did they ask roughly, and how much about the firm?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Has anyone done the Stephenson Harwood's Future potential assessment and Online Video Interview and can offer any insights?

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