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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 199553" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hey [USER=30739]@studenttolawyer[/USER] I definitely empathize with the disappointment and frustration you must be feeling right now. Few times have I felt as bad as when I got my final rejection (and all the rejections were at the first stage as well) in the cycle before last, especially as I was seeing so many other people succeed. It made me think I did not have what it took to make it in this field, and for a while I seriously considered looking for another career path. However, as time passed I realised that I wanted to keep going and to try harder than ever before - if anything, just to prove to myself that I had the resilience and will power to keep moving forward. I knew that if I did that and gave it my absolute best shot another time, I would be able to be proud of myself regardless of the result. Thus, I started another application cycle.What I found was that despite my results, the time I had spend applying before had not been wasted. I had learnt a lot about commercial law and the City, about firms and how  to research them, and what makes for a well-written application. I had also managed to built many valuable skills in the previous cycle. Now, I was more organized, meticulous, determined, and consistent with my efforts, and I ended up writing significantly more and significantly better applications. At the end of the cycle, all the work paid off. I know how disheartening experiencing constant rejection can be, and you should definitely take a while to disconnect from applications and focus on the many things in life that are much more important than this. This is also a great moment for reflection as to what you want in your career and whether this is right for you. The one thing I would nonetheless advise you not to do is to conclude you are not "good enough" for succeeding in this field. The one thing I think my story illustrates above all else is that the world is not split between those that have what it takes and those that do not, as I was once tempted to believe. Not everyone has the same story or path, and it may be that exactly what you perceive currently to be your "failures" is what will enable you to achieve so much more than you could before. If you keep at it, know that you can move from never-ending rejection to better results than you could have ever hoped for.</blockquote>

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