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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cookiemonster" data-source="post: 229053" data-attributes="member: 43465">Hiya, Thank you for explaining this, and I really do understand where you’re coming from. Just to clarify one thing, because I think there’s been a slight assumption made. My first cycle was also as a graduate. I didn’t apply to law firms at all during university. When I first applied, the only real experience I had was part-time work at Sainsbury’s and Ocado. I worked throughout university because I had to, and that was the bulk of what I drew on in my applications at the time. I didn’t hold society positions either, and my university wasn’t a target one. There was 1 person in my cohort of 250 who got a Tc in a city firm.  I was in a graduate job when I applied, but only for a short time, so it didn’t meaningfully change how firms assessed me in that first cycle. Most of what I relied on was still my retail experience and academics, which I know can feel very limiting once you’ve graduated. I completely agree with you that the graduate stage feels harsher, and that it can feel like firms expect more “professional” signalling by that point. I don’t think you’re wrong to find that frustrating, and I don’t think it reflects a lack of effort or insight on your part.🙌The process isn’t as meritocratic as it’s often presented, and that’s hard to sit with when you’re genuinely invested in the work. I didn’t mean to suggest our experiences were identical, but I did want to be clear that I wasn’t coming from a position of having vacation schemes or internships behind me in my first cycle. I recognise how demoralising it is to feel like you’re improving but not being rewarded for it. I really respect how openly you’re articulating this, and I know others reading will see themselves in what you’ve said, even if they don’t reply. 🤝</blockquote>

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