A Chem Major with Questions

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hey, I've been considering looking into law school after I graduate and could use some perspective. I'm a chemistry major at Carnegie Mellon University. I've done research for two summers (this one and the last) and during the school year and HATE it. I do it to get work experience and sometimes money or credit, but I find it incredibly tedious and repetitive, which makes it hard to find it rewarding. Due to these experiences, I don't really want to go to grad school/get a PhD. A while ago my dad told me about his cousin who is a patent lawyer and was a pharmacy major in college. I decided that it could be an option, and filed it away. Recently I've been thinking of it again, and giving it some serious thought. </p>

<p>Some facts about me:
-3.6 GPA
-Research experience (probably not that useful, but can't hurt)
-Junior, but essentially a senior as I am planning to graduate early (mainly due to financial reasons)
-1500 SAT; I know this doesn't really convert to LSAT but I guess it could give a decent idea of my standing</p>

<p>I'm beginning LSAT studying soon and compiling a list of schools to apply to.</p>

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<p>I don't know what your question is, but you should know that being an attorney can be pretty tedious at times.</p>

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<p>Yeah, sorry about not asking a question. I meant more like does anyone have any suggestions or comments. I know that being an attorney can be tedious. My main problem in the lab is that I often have to leave experiments to run and do absolutely nothing while I'm waiting, so I have an incredibly irregular schedule. I'd rather be occupied, albeit bored, than have random useless bits of downtime. Plus most of the stuff I've done is grunt work and not intellectually stimulating at all.</p>