It wasn’t meant to be like this
1. Hope
11:59pm, 31 January: Vac scheme application form submitted!
2. Uneasiness
Remembering the reasons you gave for wanting to pursue a career in commercial law.
3. Gathering anxieties
Why does everyone on the Student Room Vac Scheme Thread already have interviews with the firms I’ve applied to?
4. Rejection
*Receives formal rejection email*
5. Anger
They’re making an enormous mistake!
6. Denial
I don’t need a vac scheme, I’ll … I’ll … I’ll start my own firm.
7. Sorrow
Who am I kidding? The very best I can hope for is to be a paralegal someday.
8. Reflection
*Realises there are still vac schemes at smaller firms that it’s not too late to apply for*
9. Procrastination
The deadlines aren’t for ages.
10. Panic
11:59pm: Submit!