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Message: <blockquote data-quote="t2so" data-source="post: 246606" data-attributes="member: 36914">Minimal updates to bring, just a few more rejections after the written application stage.I am once again somewhat struck by the randomness of this whole process. Naturally, rejection is an expectation from the majority of firms given the quality of applicants, but I genuinely struggle to believe that there is any degree of attention paid by firms at the early stage.Given the sheer volume of applicants, it is not surprising that firms do not read every application in detail - but why pretend to do so? I'd much rather be rejected based on something quantifiable (even if it is a strange test like WBD's) than grad rec just spinning a wheel and kicking you out. It feels as though a lot of merit is stripped from the process.I appreciate that my written applications at times may not be the next coming of Shakespeare, but they are good, and a lot of time is put into them. Coupled with the fact that the vast majority of my university grades were 1sts (and I graduated with a high first from an RG uni), every super early rejection without a test is surprising.This is more a vent than anything, as I am aware it is simply the nature of the process, but it is frustrating that you can have all the grades and accolades, and yet get rejected from a process at an early stage by an effectively glorified version of spinning a randomised wheel.</blockquote>

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