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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Damn the votes - Long live democracy 🫩🫩🫩🫩
While I think the sense of community is cute and wholesome I would really appreciate being able to see information on the forum.

The jokes and support messages are very nice and that’s why I think there should be a dedicated space for that kind of discussion

If people’s posts get deleted for “derailing the forum” when they discuss eg the fairness of contextual offers, they should also be deleted when people make 20 posts on fake law firms. For consistency’s sake.
 
hii GD was for Summer, but they are still conducting first stage interviews so don't worry about it. I did the AC at V&E last year, but the format of the interview remains the same :) Could you let me know if you know anyone who is doing / has done the GD interview this cycle?
are they still sending out first stage invites post-app for summer?
 
While I think the sense of community is cute and wholesome I would really appreciate being able to see information on the forum.

The jokes and support messages are very nice and that’s why I think there should be a dedicated space for that kind of discussion

If people’s posts get deleted for “derailing the forum” when they discuss eg the fairness of contextual offers, they should also be deleted when people make 20 posts on fake law firms. For consistency’s sake.
I'm going to second this. The argument for allowing applicants to "relieve stress" in the same forum is a bit overused when you look at how many posts are actually just GIFs and jokes more recently, to the point where it became genuinely difficult to find the information I had been looking for.

Especially the jokes about @rulebritannia despite Jaysen's warnings and him redirecting users to contact him privately. A very specific group of people continued piling onto the topic even after I and other users said it had been discussed enough. This appears to be a very specific group of users and it needs to be stopped in consideration for others.
 
While I think the sense of community is cute and wholesome I would really appreciate being able to see information on the forum.

The jokes and support messages are very nice and that’s why I think there should be a dedicated space for that kind of discussion

If people’s posts get deleted for “derailing the forum” when they discuss eg the fairness of contextual offers, they should also be deleted when people make 20 posts on fake law firms. For consistency’s sake.
10000% agree

But let me just blend in as I don’t want to be hit with 10+ gifs of passiveness or people implying I hate those with disabilities again😭
 
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