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<blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 211751" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>1) Yes - if you are applying in the autumn/winter, then most likely you wouldn't start the SQE until September 2026. You could potentially join a January/Feb SQE intake, but given most firms are recruiting for intakes at least 30 months ahead at that point, you would have plenty of time to start the SQE in September 2026 (or even later).</p><p></p><p>2) For the next cycle, firms will be generally recruiting for September 2028 or Feb/March 2029 TCs. If we take September 2028 as a minimum, your timeline is likely to be:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">October 2025 to July 2026 - Recruitment process</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">August/September 2026 - SQE prep</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">January 2027 - Sit SQE1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">April 2027 - Sit SQE 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">August 2027 - Receive SQE2 results</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">August 2027 - September 2028 - Gap year </li> </ul><p>The gap year and SQE period could potentially be swapped over.</p><p></p><p>3) Yes - unless a firm recruits exclusively or exceptionally heavy from their VS</p><p></p><p>4) I wouldn't worry about this as TC roles won't close as early as September. It would be November by the earliest (and for some it will be as late as July 2026) and by then you would have many months of experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCLA Community Assistant, post: 211751, member: 2672"] 1) Yes - if you are applying in the autumn/winter, then most likely you wouldn't start the SQE until September 2026. You could potentially join a January/Feb SQE intake, but given most firms are recruiting for intakes at least 30 months ahead at that point, you would have plenty of time to start the SQE in September 2026 (or even later). 2) For the next cycle, firms will be generally recruiting for September 2028 or Feb/March 2029 TCs. If we take September 2028 as a minimum, your timeline is likely to be: [LIST] [*]October 2025 to July 2026 - Recruitment process [*]August/September 2026 - SQE prep [*]January 2027 - Sit SQE1 [*]April 2027 - Sit SQE 2 [*]August 2027 - Receive SQE2 results [*]August 2027 - September 2028 - Gap year [/LIST] The gap year and SQE period could potentially be swapped over. 3) Yes - unless a firm recruits exclusively or exceptionally heavy from their VS 4) I wouldn't worry about this as TC roles won't close as early as September. It would be November by the earliest (and for some it will be as late as July 2026) and by then you would have many months of experience. [/QUOTE]
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