Hi,

I sometimes see admissions tutors post on this board, so I'll like to ask a question to any admission tutor out there?

I had enrolled into a LLM program from a leading university in North America. However, I had health problems which forced me to postpone my studies for more than a year. Since the university did not have a provision for granting a leave of absence for more than one year, I was forced to withdraw from the program and had incomplete grades on my transcript.

Now, that I'm feeling better, I'm thinking of applying to do a Masters again maybe in the UK. Does anyone know whether my medical withdrawal and incomplete grades will have a detrimental effect on my application?

I have a strong 2.1 from a reputable university for my undergraduate degree.

Thanks

I'm not an admissions tutor, but since you have not received a reply to your question, let me just say that from one perspective, of course, it would have been better for you (medically and academically) if you had not suffered from a medical problem last year and had been able to complete your LL.M. then. However, I have to think that a medical illness is among the most defensible and excusable reasons to have withdrawn from a previous LL.M. program.

Now, whether you will want to address your medical withdrawal directly in your upcoming UK applications is a question for you to answer for yourself.

Hat tip on the Latin username, also.

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it.

If anyone else has any comments, thoughts, I would appreciate it as well.

I have done admissions, though I no longer do. I doubt whether any admissions tutors would hold this against you. Life's like that and we all encounter medical or personal emergencies from time to time. If you have an ongoing problem, you might find you have some entitledments under the Disabiltiy Discrimination Act 1995. There is a government webpage summarising it if you are unfamiliar with it:-
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/EducationAndTraining/HigherEducation/DG_4000917