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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh" data-source="post: 119835" data-attributes="member: 8899">Hi [USER=24174]@prospectiveswitcher[/USER] ! I haven't been on TCLA for a while but if you look at my post history you can see I was in a similar position, and like you didn't want to take on the risk of self-funding or sacrificing career number 1 until I got a firm answer on career number 2! You can find a much longer-winded version of this here: <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/my-tc-journey-career-changer-advice.4110/" target="_blank">https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/my-tc-journey-career-changer-advice.4110/</a> There's nothing on your profile at all to suggest you won't be considered, however the thing I will say is I cannot emphasise enough just how competitive the process is. So if you are going in to it, you need to have your eyes wide open about the amount of work and prep needed. Getting a vac scheme requires a LOT of work, so if you really are genuinely just looking to see whether the work is of interest, an open day or some shadowing might be a better first step? A vac scheme is not really a first step to deciding on whether it's the career for you. I applied for direct TCs and vac schemes, but like you had severe constraints on actually doing vac schemes (plus didn't want it known publicly that  I was considering a career change). This was definitely an issue for me. I got vac scheme offers, and one of my direct TC applications was returned as a vac scheme offer--basically, they said that while they did give direct TC offers they wanted to be 100% sure I would actually enjoy the work, and as I had no vac schemes under my belt they wanted me to do one first. I didn't end up needing to do any of the vac schemes in the end (as I got an offer elsewhere) but I found that most of my direct applications wanted to consider me for VS instead, due to lack of direct experience. On direct TC applications and funding--I think you are getting confused about different things? A VS will be a short internship with tests and a decision on whether to sponsor you. A direct TC application is basically the tests without the internship. That's the only difference! Once you get a TC offer the funding, etc is identical.</blockquote>

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