Should I reapply for springs or do SA recruitment?

Hi, so I go to a target and didn't land a spring mainly due to inconsistency in test performance passed; some tests didn't pass others. Still, I've been religiously practising numerical and SJT test. I have been getting ten on them on jobtestprep, so should I reapply for springs and say I'm doing a year abroad or do SA recruiting and forget about spring week recruiting. I've landed one spring, but it doesn't convert. Can the OGs like @Pan European Monkey help me out or one of the experienced European based users on this site? 

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Definitely springs, more experienced in the process now and it’s easier to land than SA. I got a 1 spring too in my first year (low tier BB) and this year landed 2 of the top banks. Keep pushing. + If you get committee positions and experience at Uni finance groups/funds you’ll be miles ahead of the first year kids who’ve just joined you’ll be competing with next year

 

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