<p>thinking of getting a masters abroad for a year before applying to law school. I think it'd be an opportunity to spend time in a different country and travel while getting a degree i'm interested in.
I do not feel like working my ass of like i have for these years of undergraduate. So I was wondering, does anyone knows if any law schols look at the grades received in other graduate programs?
Could it help my application to have such a degree?
Could it hurt my application if I start the program but end up not finishing it?</p>
<p>If anyone has any information on this I'd greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>1.) Yes, but they're not officially weighted. A major deviation will be noticed but number-crunching is unnecessary.
2.) Maybe a little, probably not.
3.) Yes.</p>
<p>My kid and many friends applied to both LS and foreign grad programs and fellowships while seniors in college. If your "stats" are good enough, you might want to do that. Many got into both. If the LS which accepted them was one that they wanted to attend, they deferred for 1-2 years and went abroad. Since their places were "reserved," it didn't matter how well they did academically in the M.Phil. --most went to the UK--programs.</p>
<p>BTW, some M.Phil. programs don't give grades as such. You just get the degree. In some cases, you can get honors or a first, but that's based on the quality of your thesis and your defense of it. So, there may not be "grades" as such --or there may be. I think it varies by program.</p>