TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[TheInevitableTCholder2024/25🙏]

Does anyone have any pre-AC imposter syndrome advice?

I have my first AC on Tuesday & feeling very much like an imposter & I feel it’s affecting my prep.

Realise everyone else in the AC are probably bigger imposters than you think you are. Even the associates themselves have imposter syndromes than you because it never really leaves completely, it just gets smaller and smaller the more senior you get. Also, there were thousand and thousands of applicants and you managed to be the few that got to the AC- if that's not a sign that you're not an imposter then nothing is.

 

[trainee4u]

Vinson & Elkins VS PFO!

 

[rapunzel]

Do you have a deadline for the assessment or is the assessment scheduled for soon?

It's scheduled for soon

 

[sooae]

Vinson & Elkins VS PFO!

Sorry to hear. is this post app or post vi?

 

[EA95]

just received a freshfields tc ac

had a miserable day after my skadden rejection this afternoon, so that was a welcome boost!

Congrats 🎉🎉🎉🎉

 

[legallyells]

CRS VI and Howden VI!

 

[congrades]

SPB pfo, disheartening because I got through to VI last year

 

[Chris Brown]

AKIN VS🍾🥳🎉💅🏾🙂‍↔️💙


I did the AC yesterday. My dream firm fr🥹

Huge congrats! 🥳

 

[EA95]

Kirkland & Ellis TC! Would not have been possible without TCLA so thank you

Big congrats 🎉🎉🎉🎉

 

[Anon Lawyer]

Has anyone heard back from AG - Leeds office at all?

 

[EA95]

AKIN VS🍾🥳🎉💅🏾🙂‍↔️💙


I did the AC yesterday. My dream firm fr🥹

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

 

[lawyersum]

Favour to ask guys - Would anybody who passed the app stage for Morgan Lewis be willing to review my unsuccessful application? It was a very long app so please PM me or thumbs up this post if you’ve got the time - thanks

 

[NJS]

Vinson & Elkins post app PFO - Did the vac scheme last year lol

 

[EA95]

SPB PFO 😢😢😢

 

[manifestingthetc]

Favour to ask guys - Would anybody who passed the app stage for Morgan Lewis be willing to review my unsuccessful application? It was a very long app so please PM me or thumbs up this post if you’ve got the time - thanks

When did you receive the PFO?

 

[Legalstalker]

Vinson & Elkins post app PFO - Did the vac scheme last year lol

Sorry to hear that!

How comes you applied again if you already had a vac scheme before?

 

[James Wakefield]

all these firms are saying “unprecedented levels of applications” and more are really stressing me out 😭😭 i wonder what the sudden surge is?

Hoping it’s explained by lots of very poorly written generic AI applications.

 

[congrades]

V&E post-app PFO - when it rains it pours hehe

 

[lawyersum]

When did you receive the PFO?

On Monday (I think - I deleted the email afterwards lol)

 

[NJS]

Sorry to hear that!

How comes you applied again if you already had a vac scheme before?

They encouraged me too, I don’t see why you wouldn’t, there’s no harm in reapplying again, however, I do believe now that if you’ve done a VS with a firm they won’t take you again