<p>What is the average gpa for engineering majors at top 10 schools? Which ever specific ones you have the best idea for would be best but I assume that they are all around each other.</p>
<p>They seem to typically hover in the 2.8 to 3.0 range at most places I have heard. It varies by school, though.</p>
<p>And do most of those 2.8 to 3.0 students have decent prospects upon graduation?</p>
<p>Depends on who you include. A good portion of the lower end drops out by junior year. At Illinois, for example, a little more than 1/3 leave or switch out of the college of engineering without a degree and most of them have technical GPAs below 2.5 at the time (<a href=“https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/loui/www/PITA09.pdf[/url]”>https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/loui/www/PITA09.pdf</a>). When you exclude these flunkers and include the bump from non-engineering classes (e.g. gen eds), it’s probably 3.1-3.2. 3.5 is generally around the 75th percentile. On the other hand, if you include those guys, it probably drops below 3.0, but IMO they should be excluded as it’s only meaningful to compare ourselves with those we will actually be competing with for jobs.</p>
<p>The other top 10 engineering publics (Berkeley, Michigan, GaTech, Purdue, Texas) should be similar to Illinois. Privates and schools without doctorates (HMC, Rose, etc.) I don’t know about.</p>
<p>is that 2.8-3.0 for all schools because i hope to get into a good school such as cornell, stanford, and berkeley and then have a high enough gpa to get into law school which is typically 3.65+ for the good ones. So if I got into one of these top schools would average still be as low as 2.8-3.0?</p>
<p>i’ve heard the 2.8-3.0 average at my school, and that sounds about right to me considering the fact the freshmen/sophomore year math and physics weed out courses are curved to a ~b-.</p>
<p>if you’re aiming for law school, i’d suggest either a) go to one of those top schools -if accepted- and major in something besides engineering or b) go to a lower ranked school and major in engineering.
law schools will only take the best gpas and if you have anything less than a 3.65 (which is still a gpa that might not get you in), you probably won’t get accepted even with a stellar LSAT score. therefore, you want whichever option will give you the best chance at a higher gpa. Law school adcoms won’t really care if you majored in engineering at a top school and graduated with an “average” gpa; admissions are purely numbers-based. </p>
<p>That being said, there’s plenty of time for you to change your mind–you might decide later on that you really don’t want to go to law school. This is why you should major in something with job security since you <em>might</em> choose to not go to law school.</p>
<p>Recipe for Law School admission:</p>
<p>a. Get accepted to a top 50 institution.
b. Major in the following (descending order, best to worst):</p>
<p>1) Humanities
2) Natural Sciences
3) Social Sciences
4) Engineering
5) Arts
100) Pre-Law
1000) Pre-Med
10000) Criminal Justice</p>
<p>c. Maintain a 3.85 GPA or better.
d. Score a 165 or better on LSAT.
e. Congratulations, future ambulance chaser!</p>
<p>Note: yes, pre-med is better preparation for Law School than criminal justice. GED + Criminal justice is what every prison inmate gets when they attend Prison University.</p>