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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
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Cop out answer but from what I’ve heard from others it really depends on the firm and how late into the application cycle it is (whether they’ve filled spaces on schemes). Usually best to just ask and hope for the best!
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Firms will be willing to have a conversation about it. How willing or able they are in moving you will be down to so many individual factors, it can be really hard to give you guidance on this.
There is no harm in asking though. The worst that can happen is they say no and then you have to choose which vac scheme you’d prefer.
Feeling so dejected about my prospects and life today. Applied to 11 places this cycle and rejected from 8 post app, waiting to hear back from 4. Out of those 4, one of them is deep into it’s AC’s so that’s another one gone.
I feel like I’m waiting for my life to start with a TC and I’m just sitting here on pause. I’m also 28 so I just don’t even know how long I can wait for this to happen.
I feel like I’m waiting for my life to start with a TC and I’m just sitting here on pause. I’m also 28 so I just don’t even know how long I can wait for this to happen.
Mishcon rejection too post-VI
sucks but we move on
sucks but we move onme receiving my mischon post-VI PFO
It’s hard when you get all the way last year and this year only to the VI not sure how to deal with that
not sure how to deal with thatSpecial thanks to Shearman for sending a second email 6 days after the first to remind me of my PFO.
We could be twins honestly. I’ll tell you what I’ve been telling myself- all we can do is try our absolute best and through that something will happen. No one can be this proactive/put so much effort into something and nothing come of it. It may not be this year or exactly what we envisioned but that’s okay too! Good luck for the rest of them!
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I know how you feel - I'm an older applicant and I haven't had a particularly successful cycle. I think the one thing I try to keep in mind is that I've had time to hone a number of skills since uni that current students have not had the time to develop just yet. In some ways, we're lucky - we can be a little more creative and pursue non-traditional paths into the profession. Do you have any other non-legal experience that you can leverage? For example, I had experience in marketing so I am helping out in a firm's marketing department. It's not an obvious route to a TC (and I'm not even sure that there will be an opportunity for me at the end of it!) but I am gaining valuable insight into the profession and meeting new people (albeit virtually!). Every experience counts & all you need is one 'yes'! I know you'll get there in the end
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