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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FL0011" data-source="post: 65610" data-attributes="member: 7617">Hi [USER=5063]@Jacob Miller[/USER], [USER=4043]@Naomi U[/USER] and [USER=1572]@Dheepa[/USER]!I was hoping to ask for some advice as to how you made your decisions on where to interview and accept TC offers from.I am a career changer and this is my first cycle applying. I was lucky enough to secure 5 ACs - two of which I completed and received one TC and one VS offer. I ended up declining two of them and I now have one more to go. The problem is that I am experiencing severe burnout after this application process to the point where I am struggling to even complete university work, so I have not even started to prep for my final interview. I am really keen to accept my TC offer, but I feel a bit sad about all the events I attended for the final firm and how much effort I put in the application will go to waste (ultimately, they were still my top three choice of firm). I never thought I would be in this position haha!What would be your advice to me in this situation? And how did you go about making these decisions for yourself?Do you think it is worth risking current wellbeing and workload for an opportunity that may never come again?Sorry to ramble - I am so confused and do not know many people who can help me with advice like this!Thank you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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