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soas - anything more than 60%
if you have that marks and can pay, they will take you
Re SOAS/QM/Warwick, you can get in with 55%. They set no 60% condition for me. Same for Melbourne, UNSW and NUS (Melbourne and UNSW were my back-up colleges, didn't apply to NUS).
The 60% figure is based on the old DU formula of 60% being first div. I think these overseas colleges will have to revisit this in future. In the olden days the majority of applicants were DU grads. Now NLU and Jindal grads make up the majority, with Symbi, Bennett etc also joining the fray.
P.S. For those curious, I had no scholarship. I chose KCL in the end because my sister was already doing her PhD in the science field there and she arranged a very good campus job for me through her contacts, which helped me reduce my expenses. My first choice was actually UNSW because of certain courses not offered elsewhere, but I had no scholarship there.
Only the capable ones can get a 100% tuition scholarship.
I myself got a Foreign llm but I didn't get a full scholarship. Only 30% was covered.
Question is whether this exercise is worth it or now? Foreign LLMs make sense in China and Russia as it helps you fetch international clients. And foreign llm makes you more approachable for Foreign clients.
But in India, it doesn't have any such advantage. As all Indian lawyers speak English and can communicate with foreign clients with ease. There are no cultural barriers.
If you are a senior counsel or partners child - then you can consider the LLM as a paid fun foreign vacation where you can gain some exposure, teaching is really good. If you are not that rich, just don't go. Work some years. Save money and go for exed or maybe even a real vacation. It's just not worth it.
Do I regret doing the LLM? Not really. But 50L was a huge amount to shell out and it hasn't provided me much ROI