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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Professor here...agree both are great options[/b] and the student should look at specific faculty profiles and/or evaluate where they'll be happiest.[/quote]

Botb are great.  My UVA grad is doing a doctorate (DPhil) at Oxford right now.[/quote]

When I was looking at graduate programs, I was warned that although a certain Oxbridge college had the best stash of materials for my chosen topic, no U.S. institution was going to hire me to teach with a DPhil. I was shocked, but it was my department chair, so he clearly knew about hiring.

Has that changed, or is your kid planning to do something else with their degree?[/quote]

Definitely correct. There are over a hundred libraries at Oxford, the Bodlein being the most famous and one of the oldest in Europe. Most if the libraries have foreign language collections that no one else does. DC currently is prepping for the lsat. Yes the masters work ties in with law[/quote]

Why would your child get a masters and DPhil and THEN go to law school? Why didn’t they go right after or shortly after undergrad? You’re not making sense. [/quote]

Not that parent, but if you’re gunning for H or Y, you’d better have something special in addition to your perfect lsat score.

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Work experience, a unique life story and/or an outstanding EC (read: Olympian) is prized in addition to grades & LSAT for HYPS.

Unless the Oxford PP’s child is a Rhodes scholar, I’m not sure [b]how or why they think a bunch of random degrees is going to help them in law school admissions[/b]. Gives rich kid perpetual student vibes.[/quote]

The MPhil and DPhil tie into the law.  DC hopes to get published by a law review by application time which would be a great "oomph" factor for any law school.  The issue is unexplored so there's a good shot. Yes, I was on law review so can comment.[/quote]

Gotta get a job at some point around age 30, right?[/quote]

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