Impact of failed classes on application to Master's

Hello everyone,

I am a French student currently enrolled in a Master's program in International Security at Sciences Po (Paris), one of France's best schools.

I am considering applying for a couple Master's in Management in the UK (Judge, LSE MSc Int Management and Management & strategy, LBS).

As for my grades, I have a 14.33/20 average for my undergrad. LSE's minimum requirement is 12/20 so I'm good, also the Judge lady told me it was sufficient to be eligible so I guess it's the equivalent of a first honours (their minimum entry requirement).

My graduate level grades will probably be at the same level.

Now my only problem is that 1st semester of my 2nd year I failed 2 classes because of attendance. My transcript says "Failed" (no grade). One was an English class, the other an elective.

It has not impacted my semester validation because I had way more credits than necessary, and has not impacted my average grade.

How would that impact my application to British schools ? Will they be looking at my transcript in detail and be like "oh he failed 2 classes that semester that's not good", or will they just be looking at my average grade ?

Also, is there a place (forum, ...) where I can ask for a free application review (telling me if I've got my chances or not) ?

Thank you very much.

Still waiting for additional answers as yours lacks some constructive argumentation.

Will they really stop at 2 classes back in 2010 which had no impact on my credits and my grades ?

Also I could possibly get a note from the hospital (I was having some health issues at that time) that would say that given my health condition I might have not been able to attend some classes. Hopefully that would be sufficient.

Lol love how the OP got angry because someone gave a stupid answer to a stupid question (original post).

Frankly LSE will take anyone. For Judge youll be competing against quite a few nerds who have perfect grades from the best uni's.

I'm going to venture that failing one class early on - assuming the rest of your application is outstanding (by which I mean, for example, top student in some modules, firsts across the board otherwise, or similar, plus outstanding references) might not make a huge impact; I say that because I know someone who was accepted to a reasonably competitive (not the most competitive but not the least) course at Cambridge with a transcript like that. Admissions tutors understand that anyone can have a really bad day/exam/whatever sometimes. That said, failing two modules makes it a lot more difficult to argue that it was a one off, unusual circumstance And even if they don't count for your final grade, that could be take to show a lack of proper application... I don't think, at masters level, top unis want people who only bother to work on some parts of courses.

Also remember the courses you are applying to are pretty competitive. You may meet the minimum requirement, but so will every other applicant, and you will need something outstanding about your application to face off this competition in the context of two failed grades on your transcript.

Lol love how the OP got angry because someone gave a stupid answer to a stupid question (original post).

Frankly LSE will take anyone. For Judge youll be competing against quite a few nerds who have perfect grades from the best uni's.

@londonfinance : what do you mean by "they'll take anyone" ? The MSc in International Management has an acceptance rate below 10% from their web page.

I don't know the MSc Management & Strategy's rate though.

Anyways thanks for the answers !