<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I am a rising senior in high school looking to going into some type of engineering for my graduate studies. I do not know what I want to do with the rest of my life, but after college, I definitely want to have Law School as an option to potentially become a patent attorney.</p>
<p>For Law School, the top schools definitely want to see a GPA of 3.5+, and that is the low end. Just from browsing the forums and reading posts, it is evident that engineering is a very difficult major and it is even scarier to see that the average GPA for an average engineering students is between 2.8 and 3.2. </p>
<p>How difficult (those who have been through undergraduate engineering already) do you feel that it would be to maintain a 3.65 GPA. I have read that it is all time management and how much you are willing to do, but suppose I was willing to put in the time and study for all my classes. Do you feel that the amount of time that an engineering student puts into their classes directly corresponds to the grades they receive? </p>
<p>Thanks for the help?</p>
<p>You’ve heard you need to maintain a 3.65 for Patent Law, or just Law School in general? In patent law you’ll be competing with other Engineering/Science majors.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying!</p>
<p>There are different sub categories in law school admissions? Sorry if I come off sounding ignorant but this is all very new to me. </p>
<p>I thought that everyone, regardless of major, applied to law school and then once admitted, they could concentrate on a specific topic. If what you are saying is true, it must be easier for engineers trying to go into Patent Law since all the engineers would be in the same boat as far as the difficulty of their undergraduate major.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don’t know that it does work that way. However that is how I believe it works. You might want to ask about it in the Law forum here. But for Patent Law you do need an Engineering or Science major.</p>
<p>How much do engineering companies care about your grades in non-engineering/math/science classes?</p>
<p>After doing a little more research last night, I believe that competition is between everyone who is applying to Law School, not jut those who want to go into something specific like Patent Law. That means that engineering majors are competing for spots against those who might have taken “easier” majors.</p>
<p>Also, when in Law School, I don’t believe that there are sub categories that you can go into. Everyone takes the same classes. Some schools go more in depth into deferent topics, such as Patent Law, so if one wanted to learn more about that aspect of law, they should go to those schools that go more indepth.</p>
<p>I’ve done two years of engineering and I have a 3.79. So it’s possible. The valedictorian for our entire school this year is an engineer, and she has a 3.98.</p>
<p>Its easier for some people than it is for others. There’s no set answer for this.</p>
<p>Also highly dependent on the school you take classes at. Ive been to 2 colleges and 2 universities and the amount of effort I needed to put in to reach a target gpa varied greatly between each of them…</p>