Heya, thank you so much for being so candid, and it certainly has been reassuring to know that I am not the only one feeling hopeless with the assessment! I hope you don't mind, but I have dropped a response sharing more of my thoughts on the assessment too.
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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Guys - I have applied for Pinsent Masons earlier this year for TC but got rejected. I am tempted to apply for the VS and not the TC and was wondering whether I could do this without waiting for 6 months?
Okay, this isn't the nicest way to see it obviously. BUT, this commenter is not wrong. Just because you did an open day/ insight scheme with a firm does not mean that you should automatically be granted a vacation scheme. That would literally be legal nepotism lol. You have people who do full vacation schemes and are still rejected from a TC.
You are not owed anything just because you did an application and travelled to London. There are international students who travel CONTINENTS and do the SAME schemes so your point is redundant.
If you truly want to get in just because you did a scheme in the past, apply to CC. They let people who did forage internships have a 3x higher chance of getting in compared to everyone else.
My point is: what the commenter said was kinda rude but, you're not owed anything just because you've done a long application process or open day.
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What I would stress is it is not that Clifford Chance "let" people who did their Forage internship have a 3x higher chance of getting through, they have just found that those who have done the programmes have a three times higher chance of getting through.
But they have found that they have a higher chance because they are the ones letting them in right?
I am not sure if you read the OP, but they didn't say they expected to "automatically be granted" a VS. They were disappointed they didn't even get "a TI for the Vac Scheme". 😊
Could be a multitude of factors - maybe if you’ve done a forage internship you tailor your application better. It might be a higher percentage of Oxbridge students do one for whatever reason, they might be told to by their careers service so that is reflected in the end figures. Could also be that more hard working students opt to do one, and their hard work is also reflected in grades/uni they attend. You can’t just do a univariate analysis and say it’s because they are letting them in because they did it
Correlation is not causation. Candidates who do the Forage internship have a higher chance of getting an interview/offer because -- as @CorpSmith02 mentions -- they may have a deeper insight into the firm's work and create a more tailored application. Completing the Forage internship doesn't automatically mean you're given a 3x chance of progressing if you can't then show what you've learnt from the internship.
I say keep going. For most of us including me, it was challenging to even secure a place for open days as these are at times competitive as vacations schemes so you securing these places is feat itself. In terms of time spent on application, sometimes its just the fact that the firm are recruiting on a rolling basis etc. I wouldn't be disheartened from this setback. Onwards and upwards from here! 🤜
Does anyone know if Covington recruit on a rolling basis? I read online it doesn't but not sure if its outdated
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I would really appreciate any advice and tips on how to approach the video interview and the type of questions asked!
it's similar to AO SJT. There's a 500 word Q at the end also
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