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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hi @JPH, Thanks so much for this - I really appreciate both your advice and kindness. That's reassuring to know, as many on LinkedIn who have secured offers with them appear to be the crème de la crème (firsts and distinctions all round). Congratulations on your TC with them. I may indeed take...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Good evening everyone. Congratulation to everyone who has received a BM WG this week and commiserations to all, like me, that did not - I'm still feeling it a bit, but am back on the horse (i.e. applying!). Was wondering if anyone who has got past W&C's app stage before, could kindly help me...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hi Bea, thanks so much for your response 💙 I know you're right, but it unsettles me largely because I am really committed to one specific area of law and the firm I have the TC with don't go near it. I know beggars can't be choosers, and you never know where an unexpected path may lead, but I...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    No worries! Thank you very much. I hope so too, and will have to begin seriously recognising that this is the most likely possibility.
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Unfortunately (lol) I am already sitting on a TC offer from a high-street firm that is due to start this autumn. As this is my fourth cycle and I'm not a spring chicken, I am no longer able to afford to keep applying and will have to take it up, even though it doesn't match my interests. :(
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Thanks so much for this, I'm really grateful for you and it has lifted my spirits. I'll try to bear this in mind, but it's really quite difficult - I think, *especially* when you know you're capable. I hope to keep persevering, but I'm growing a bit tired of this devastation (I'm sure this...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Thanks so much Nadine. It's like a shark tank out here. I hope you're feeling better about yours too and that your remaining apps go well!
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hello, thank you so much for this message, it means a lot to me and I appreciate it. To go into detail, the issue is that I'm sitting on an offer from a TC with a high-street firm that is due to start in Sept. this year. I'm a bit older than those fresh out of uni and will have to go through...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    That's very kind, thank you. I think it's more about all the 'final shots' I've had with BM and other firms that is making me so upset. I've messed up so many final round chances I've had before, and now I don't get a shot at all. Don't worry, I know - of all people - you guys on here understand...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    I'm really having a hard time with this latest rejection. I'm beating myself up about all the times I've reached the final stages at firms and missed. It's torture at this stage.
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    could anyone please kindly send me that thread of firms that take from the direct TC route? I better get on it...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    just received my BM PFO. Devastated, and confused, as have reached AC with them before. Close to tears.
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    LLM at London Universities (particularly at LSE)

    Thanks so much! I appreciate it!
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    LLM at London Universities (particularly at LSE)

    Hello, thanks very much for responding :). You're right, that's what graduate admissions told me; they said that while I have a 65 in my undergraduate, and a lower 2.1 in post grad studies the fact that I have a year's worth of experience at the European Commission in Competition (my intended...
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    LLM at London Universities (particularly at LSE)

    Thanks very much for the response! Ah I see, well I've finished my formal studies (undergraduate and other post-grad degrees) so I'm stuck with the grades I have haha. No, you're right I'm definitely late for this cycle, but I've spoken to them to understand their process and confirm that...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hi there @chromaticaqueen! Really sorry to hear about the rejections at the final stages, but you did incredibly to get that far, especially in one cycle - and not just ANY cycle - this monster of a cycle! That is a massive achievement. A bit about my experience applying to TCs this time of...
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    LLM at London Universities (particularly at LSE)

    I've spoken to them, but I wanted to get a feeling for how it was 'on the ground'. Ah well!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Thanks!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I have a bit of an unusual question - does anyone know how likely it is that firms fund you for an LLM, for example, during the waiting period (if any) between obtaining a TC and its start date? Does anyone know of instances where this or something similar has happened? (also countering in that...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    A familiar question... Has anyone heard from BM post-app?

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