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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sapphireoreos" data-source="post: 194616" data-attributes="member: 28170">Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone has had a great holiday season. When not doing the usual holiday things like spending time with immediate and extended families, I've spent a lot of my holiday season doing VS/TC applications due to my own time mismanagement, oops ...Shoutout to my spreadsheet supertracker, which has allowed me to cut down on the amount of time I write unique answers in favour of quality (well that's the plan). Also I do feel like you get faster at writing applications as you do more and more of them if that makes sense?But anyways! A little status update of my applications. Apologies for how long this is, it's been an eventful week and a half (application-wise).Submitted Applications:✅ Forsters Summer VS: I submitted it on New Year's Eve (oops). They're rolling and their deadline was on the 6th of January so I don't have high hopes for this. Let's see how it goes, but I do like them and they seem like good vibes. They also sent me an email yesterday saying that everyone who applied around then will hear back by the end of next week which is surprisingly quick for law? Hoping it's good things!✅ Farrer & Co Summer VS and Direct TC: I went to a few events, and really liked their vibes, so I would love to see my application progress further! They only invite around 50 people to ACs so I'm not particularly hopeful. Having 8+ questions, a cover letter (each of which is 250-350 words each) and separate legal and non-legal work history sections is diabolical tbh. A vac scheme application also doesn't count as an automatic TC application, which is also crazy. I still filled it out though 🤷‍♂️ But I really like their recruitment process, everyone was super nice at the Virtual Open Day and their ACs play to my strengths, so I'd love to get a place. I applied to both their summer vac scheme and their direct TC.✅ Penningtons Manches Cooper Summer VS: This application was a PAIN to write, as I really hated some of their questions, their cover letter was LONG and very specific. But I like them so I applied, and I also heard from a trainee that they really only take vac schemers as trainees so it had to be done. I thought I had submitted everything but turns out I had to do a separate application form and a separate CRS form which was annoying.Tests:🧠 Mills & Reeve Summer VS: I also received an automatic test invite for Mills & Reeve, and I'm worried about it because I SUCK at tests. Applications in the works:✍️ Withers Summer VS (due 12 January): A top 3 firm for me but the 60 word word count is tough. They do really great work, and working in the Old Bailey sounds super cool!! I think I've cracked how to tackle these questions, thanks to a very kind TCLA member. It's due on the 12th but it is rolling ... and uses tests (which are the bane of my existence) ...✍️ Charles Russell Speechlys Summer VS (due 15 January): I really like them and this application isn't too bad, as they're similar to a lot of the questions I've already done!✍️ Stephenson Harwood Summer VS (due 31 January): ugh I might not submit an application for this. Grad rec and the firm seems nice, but the questions are 600 words each :/, are frankly nasty questions and I've heard on TCLA they ghost people (yikes). We'll see though!Applications to do:After I've finished the applications above, it'll be full steam ahead for direct TC applications!📝 Harbottle & Lewis Direct TC (due 31 January): Hoping I can do some recycling here. They were initially on my radar but not massively, but I went to a talk they did and I liked them. Definitely need to get on this soon, especially since they're rolling.📝 Wedlake Bell Direct TC (due 1 May 2025): I spoke to a NQ from my university about the firm in October, and I really liked what I heard! They're rolling so I want to get an application in by February. I would apply for their vacation scheme but it's during my grad week.📝 Macfarlanes Direct TC (due 27 June 2025): This one is a HUGE maybe. I applied for their summer VS last cycle (to no avail), and I don't know whether I like them enough to apply. So I'll probably apply for them if I don't hear anything good back from the other firms. I was going to apply for the summer VS but it was due when Farrer and PMC were, so I thought it would be better to focus on those two since I like them better.</blockquote>

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