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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

LMAO😭i feel like if not tmrw then it HAS to be next week?? cz ik they were like 1-2 weeks behind w the spring cycle so maybe that delay will carry over into the summer ones
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Genuinely appealing for help: I am awful at the Amberjack assessments - I will feel like I did well and get a 3 or 4 on any number of the pillars. I am excited to have got to the next round for Stephenson Harwood but, I am worried I will bomb the Amberjack assessment. Does anyone have any advice or somewhere they recommend reading/practicing? Thank you in advance.
 
Genuinely appealing for help: I am awful at the Amberjack assessments - I will feel like I did well and get a 3 or 4 on any number of the pillars. I am excited to have got to the next round for Stephenson Harwood but, I am worried I will bomb the Amberjack assessment. Does anyone have any advice or somewhere they recommend reading/practicing? Thank you in advance.
I’ve got two Amberjacks to do and I’m dreading it lol, I get such different results across firms so I can’t really gauge how they work. I’d much rather do a WG😭
 
It’s been 50 days since I applied to Sidley (I sent my app on deadline day), and I still haven’t heard anything back from them (TI or post app PFO)…

Can people react to this post with ‘✅’ if they’ve heard back with a TI or PFO (who applied on the deadline) and ‘❌’ if you’ve heard nothing.

I’m just trying to gauge where they’re at rn. Also has anybody heard from FF (PFO or AC) after being put on the waitlist for the DTC?​
 

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