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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slb" data-source="post: 182486" data-attributes="member: 36734">Hi all,I graduated this summer from Manchester University with a first (77) in Philosophy. However, I had to take two years out from studying for mental health reasons. I used that time to firstly address the mental health issues and then to get work experience, first at a restaurant and then at a university where I got some insight into MBA content and became interested in working in a commercial field. I also decided during this time to change my degree from Mathematics and Philosophy to just Philosophy. Essentially, I’m wondering:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Do you think I stand a chance in applying for vacation schemes despite the two year gap (and change in course) during my university studies? I wasn’t particularly ‘productive’ during the first year as I was just trying to build myself back up again. I will mention that there were extenuating circumstances but still, I know this isn’t ideal when firms are looking for the best possible candidates.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I’m also aware that ideally I would have applied for vacation schemes/TC’s a year ago, however I thought that my application would be weak given that I didn’t yet have recent grades to prove that I had overcome my period of poor mental health. I ended up getting my highest yearly average (80%) in my final year, and I’ve since done a lot of research and virtual work experience programmes and decided that corporate law is absolutely a field I want to work in. However, I’ve been slower than others in figuring out that this is the career I want to go into, so I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to explain/frame this in applications? I do want to work in this field, but at the same time I don’t have a lot of proof for this as much of my energy over the past few years has gone into properly addressing some long-term mental health issues that flared up while at university, and then really focussing on my studies in my final year. </li> </ol>Thank you in advance for your help!</blockquote>

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