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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cmaj" data-source="post: 24877" data-attributes="member: 3108">Hi all,I've used this forum for a while but never posted on it... now is the time! I just received a rejection from my final law firm for this application season and I feel so crushed and don't know how to move forward from it.I completed a vacation scheme last summer and was told me I'd been great during the scheme - my teams loved having me, they couldn't believe I was non-law, I'd done really well on all the assessments and my work etc. - and they told me that I MUST go into law. I am a graduate in full time work from a non-law degree and this scheme was three weeks long, sadly leaving me with no annual leave for the rest of 2019 to do a winter scheme or, well, anything.This application cycle, I started preparing early in July doing my research and stayed late at work every night from September through to January to complete nine vacation scheme applications as best as I could. I spent weeks perfecting them until I didn't think I could do any better. Unfortunately I only had one assessment centre which, due to personal circumstances outside of my control, I could not focus on the day and did not perform very well. All the rest I received PFOs after tests. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />I've found myself at the point of wanting to give up on law. I'm not sure how to go forward from here as I cannot do the GDL without sponsorship and I feel like I've got all the hard skills they ask for and tell applications they could gain: consistent grades, a range of extracurriculars, technology skills, languages, legal work experience, non-legal work experience, volunteering and charity work, etc... I'm not sure where I'm going wrong as no one has any time to give feedback and it is exasperating, especially after last year! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I just don't know how to bring myself to put myself through this for a third year.Has this happened to anyone else? How did you move on? What did you do? Is it worth last minute applying to training contracts?Thanks all and I hope application season is treating you all better than it is me! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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