TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

HelpAStudentOut

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Thank you so much for your insight! I really appreciate it - genuinely really motivational & inspirational. 😊

If I may ask three quick follow-ups, I'd really appreciate it.
1.) I'd love to know if the fact that you didn't have experience of a VS came up in interview and, if so, how you responded to any questions about it.
2.) How did you find prepping for ACs and what was the most helpful thing you did?
3.) The fact you had such a succesful cycle is genuinely remarkable, doubly so since it was your first - I'd love to know what you felt your greatest strength was (and even how you developed that strength).

Again, I really appreciate your response - I hope you have a fantastic TC and beyond, you're going to smash it! :cool: 👑
Send me a message and we can discuss
 
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Simi.O

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Hey guys, I had my W&C VI last week, and in between answering a question, I started mumbling a bit and froze. I havent been able to forgive myself since then, because I know how much it took me to get to that point, and I essentially feel like I fumbled the bag. I havent heard back, and every time my mail app sends a notification, my heart skips a beat. How do I forgive myself for this
 

ashwright

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    I have been spending some time with the bane of my existence - the W*tson Gl*ser (censored in case anyone else is scared of it as much as i am)
    I'd love to hear some thoughts on this assumptions question:

    Statement - "[Dessert] restaurant must fill its ten missing staff posts as soon as possible. Otherwise, [Dessert restaurant] will be unable to cope with this summer’s influx of tourist customers."

    'Assumption' - "There will be more customers this summer."

    Now, apparently, the assumption is made. Maybe I'm overthinking this (is that not a good thing?) but I thought that an increase in 'tourist' customers is not the same as an increase in 'customers'. The restaurant might have an increase in 'tourist customers' but it is still possible that other kinds of customer demographics decrease, meaning that the total customers is the same or even might decrease.

    I wish that there was a text box option in the watson glaser just so our reasoning (even if wrong) could be explained...
    Please help!

    Edit - also quick q for @Andrei Radu - I think you mentioned in a post that you made a Watson Glaser guide for yourself when taking the test. Would you by any chance be able to share that with us? Thank you :)
     
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    user9809

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    I have been spending some time with the bane of my existence - the W*tson Gl*ser (censored in case anyone else is scared of it as much as i am)
    I'd love to hear some thoughts on this assumptions question:

    Statement - "[Dessert] restaurant must fill its ten missing staff posts as soon as possible. Otherwise, [Dessert restaurant] will be unable to cope with this summer’s influx of tourist customers."

    'Assumption' - "There will be more customers this summer."

    Now, apparently, the assumption is made. Maybe I'm overthinking this (is that not a good thing?) but I thought that an increase in 'tourist' customers is not the same as an increase in 'customers'. The restaurant might have an increase in 'tourist customers' but it is still possible that other kinds of customer demographics decrease, meaning that the total customers is the same or even might decrease.

    I wish that there was a text box option in the watson glaser just so our reasoning (even if wrong) could be explained...
    Please help!

    Edit - also quick q for @Andrei Radu - I think you mentioned in a post that you made a Watson Glaser guide for yourself when taking the test. Would you by any chance be able to share that with us? Thank you :)
    It’s assumption made. I think you were overthinking it with the tourist part. I would take customers as anyone making a purchase and not separate them out.
     
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    ashwright

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    It’s assumption made. I think you were overthinking it with the tourist part. I would take customers as anyone making a purchase and not separate them out.
    Thank you for clearing that up for me - I really appreciate it. I have a tendancy to overthink the test and it's definitely been my downfall. I guess I need to find a balance.

    edit: Same thing happened when I even read an example question for the inferences bit.

    The sentence roughly said "Students discussed [topic 1] and [topic 2], because they thought they were important"; the next 'inference' was that 'students discussed [topic 3]'. The correct answer was 'false' but I would've put 'probably false' - i thought false should have been completely impossible. The sentence didn't necessarily exclude the discussion of other topics - it just said that certain topics weren't...
    Hopefully, I'll get the hang of this at some point 😂
     
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    SamiyaJ

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    Has anyone done horribly in the Watson Glasser test for Linklakers? I did loads of practice ones and was scoring 65-75% percentile, but I just asked for my results and I scored in the 11th!!! I am so so confused and embarrassed honestly.
    I received mine and I was in the 71% percentile but still got rejected!
     
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