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You can put down a short & long term plan. I am also sponsored and that flew by completed fine

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My approach, I said I’d return to the firm for a bit but go to a different practice that would support my long term aspirations. After a couple of yrs I said I’d go elsewhere after getting the required exp. I also stated in my app that I believe the firm would sponsor me. (FWIW, I got into HBS.)

ApplicantLab was super helpful in explaining why this approach would work. (In short it shows that you want to make the change but that you aren’t an unemployable risk post grad.)

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