Withdrawing from Grad school for Law school?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:24 pm
I haven't seen this asked before, and this issue has been troubling me, so here goes:
I'm a grad student pursuing an MA (already passed exams) and, for personal reasons (sickness and then death in family, unfortunately), I had to extend an extra semester into summer to work on my thesis. Now, it seems like I won't be able to complete my thesis by the end of summer. I would NOT want to defer admission for an extra semester of grad school to finish my thesis, as the grad degree is basically just a notch on the resume at this point--I just want to pursue a law career. I have a full tuition scholarship to a T-50 school and would not want to lose my scholarship or admission by asking to defer, or anything like that, plus I'd have to start paying on grad school loans. So, would it make sense if I could not finish my thesis in time for the fall to withdraw from grad school and enroll in law school? Is that kind of thing allowed? Would I likely lose scholarship if I did? I certainly want to finish my thesis, and take pride in finishing things and achieving my goals, but it doesn't seem worth it to do an extra semester and have to wait another year to start law school, if I didn't have to. Any ideas?
I'm a grad student pursuing an MA (already passed exams) and, for personal reasons (sickness and then death in family, unfortunately), I had to extend an extra semester into summer to work on my thesis. Now, it seems like I won't be able to complete my thesis by the end of summer. I would NOT want to defer admission for an extra semester of grad school to finish my thesis, as the grad degree is basically just a notch on the resume at this point--I just want to pursue a law career. I have a full tuition scholarship to a T-50 school and would not want to lose my scholarship or admission by asking to defer, or anything like that, plus I'd have to start paying on grad school loans. So, would it make sense if I could not finish my thesis in time for the fall to withdraw from grad school and enroll in law school? Is that kind of thing allowed? Would I likely lose scholarship if I did? I certainly want to finish my thesis, and take pride in finishing things and achieving my goals, but it doesn't seem worth it to do an extra semester and have to wait another year to start law school, if I didn't have to. Any ideas?