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Originally Posted by Unregistered

hi! i know a few people who had not so good grades in the earlier years but were able to pull it up later on when they took electives and they even got into big 4 so i think just try his best to do internships and work hard, all it takes is a partner who likes you. honestly once you are interning there and the partner likes you, at least from my experience they don't go back and check your grades. so if he finds a partner who likes him and is lucky enough he still has a good chance of finding something good too (i've seen this!) otherwise as the rest said, he can definitely find a TC in chinatown or smaller firms if he is not picky. if this helps, i have heard of at least 2 people with GPAs of around 3.0/5 getting into dentons, so he could try there and they do not seem to be too picky about grades.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a junior/mid level at intl firm (small in sg). Been here for almost 1 year. Joined from a mid size local firm where I did different work so I felt very lucky to get the intl firm offer. Earning a bit more than MC.

The problem is it has been quite slow. The partner does a lot of BD but not much real work. I work maybe half a day on weekdays, rarely after 6 or on weekends, and it is mostly BD.

I see a lot of big 4/MCs hiring now. Should I move to get real work experience? I feel like I am not learning and if I get fired I will be a senior assoc in this field but no real skills. But I don’t care about partnership and I don’t think I will be fired for some time so I can just collect paycheck, then maybe can go inhouse.

TLDR - should I earn money doing nothing, or give up WL balance + paycheck to chiong?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a junior/mid level at intl firm (small in sg). Been here for almost 1 year. Joined from a mid size local firm where I did different work so I felt very lucky to get the intl firm offer. Earning a bit more than MC.

The problem is it has been quite slow. The partner does a lot of BD but not much real work. I work maybe half a day on weekdays, rarely after 6 or on weekends, and it is mostly BD.

I see a lot of big 4/MCs hiring now. Should I move to get real work experience? I feel like I am not learning and if I get fired I will be a senior assoc in this field but no real skills. But I don’t care about partnership and I don’t think I will be fired for some time so I can just collect paycheck, then maybe can go inhouse.

TLDR - should I earn money doing nothing, or give up WL balance + paycheck to chiong?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

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Maybe clean up your socials when applying for a job...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone acquainted with this fella: s://.tiktok.com/@swirlywirlytwirly/video/7303228055504358663?is_from_webapp=1&web_id=738140 9377595377168

Maybe clean up your socials when applying for a job...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I was in a similar position awhile back in the same school and eventually graduated with 2nd lower (didnt have any special extracurricular awards etc. either although that would definitely help) but managed to secure TC in y3 summer after interning at said firm (a smaller mid-sized firm but felt it was a good fit for me) and am content with how things turned out.

Anyway since he's only in year 1, there's still a good chance he'll be able to improve his GPA so dont worry too much. I've also heard of friends who managed to change and secure TCs after applying again with improved grades