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UHi all
I’m writing on behalf of my sister who is facing this dilemma (with everyone’s “obvious” choices making decision-making hard). I’m hoping I can get some help from this community here for the same.
Qualifications: NLIU Bhopal third year student.
She has represented her college at many regional moots and has now got the opportunity to attend the Oxford moot. Their team qualified for the international round but it clashes with their end-term exam dates. She has been getting first rank in every semester so far (with a good margin between her and second place holder) and is on track to be the 5 year aggregate topper. The problem now is that if she attends this moot, she will be giving her exams with the retests of next semester (“deemed first attempt” it will be called) but that will rule out her eligibility for the gold medal for the no. 1 rank holder.
She has been talking to seniors, some alumni, mentor-like figures but I’m hoping this community will help us get a wider reach with academics too. Personally I feel she should attend the moot as it would be a great opportunity for the exposure, the networking and experience it offers , but it is not my decision.
So my ask is to get your opinions on these few considerations:
1. Assuming she remains the aggregate topper at the end of her course, how much difference does it make if she is the no. 1 rank holder but without a gold medal?
2. How much value would you put on an international moot like at Oxford?
3. Considering she would pursue higher education after her NLIU course,
(a) if immediately after NLIU, she would be sending applications in her 5th year. She would have had no medal confirmation yet. How much would a gold medal matter then in her future endeavours?
(b) if after few years of work, how much weight given to gold medal / batch topper achievement, vs her work experience?
I feel like there’s a lot of things that might be obvious to the community or considerations that you might not even think important. But my sister has been scratching her head over this for a few weeks now and the time to make a decision is approaching fast. Any input here will be very very appreciated.
Thank you.
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