I’ve found myself in a unique situation. Sorry if I am getting ahead of myself as I’m only a High School Junior, but I really want to figure this out. I know that I really want to go into politics as an end goal, but I’ve been working backwards and get stuck on what I should do for undergrad. Law school is something I know I want to do but know how risky it can be. And while any degree can get you into law school, I see engineering as a way to combat the risky path of law school as if I do well with a decent GPA, I can get a good salary out of college that can help with the debt. After a few years with some money saved up I would apply for law schools, either heading to a T14 law school or any other on a scholarship that covers most to all of the cost. And if it fails I have a strong major to hold me up. That would be cool if I could get all that done, but should I go about it differently? I see engineering as simply an obstacle to get by in order to get the path to law school less risky, and I might be hindering myself by going through such rigorous coursework. Engineering and law/politics are very much opposites, so I would be spending a chunk of my life developing my grasp of calculus and thermodynamics, when I’d rather do philosophy or political science. But like stated before I want to make it through law school with minimal risk, and my parents advised me a political science route would not go well for me. Thoughts?
Don’t spend four years doing something you don’t like, thats going to make you burn out and not do as well as you could. I’m going for engineering and theres a lot of math and stuff. Fourtuneatly I like doing math and stuff so its not a burden. If I was doing something like political science with a bunch of essays and stuff I would be having an awful time. I’d probably be able to get through it, but I wouldn’t enjoy it. Also, kids who go into engineering for the money tend not to do as well, and get a lower GPA or switch majors. A lower GPA is the LAST thing you want for law school. Why don’t you look at something like business or something?
Disclaimer: I am also only a high school junior who has not done extensive research on law school. However, I am currently taking first and second year engineering courses at a college.
Seems like a waste to pay for four years of classes that will have nothing to do with your future goals… to bust your brain and probably your GPA just to not go into engineering. Are you ever going to use chemical plant design in politics? Circuits? Statics? Fluids? Then why would you spend so much time learning them when you would prefer doing something else?
I know a pair of engineers who got their law degree and started their own firm. They’re very much in demand for their combo professional skills.
It is good if you like Patent Law!
But you don’t have to be a lawyer to get into politics…my former congressperson, Rush Holt, was a Rocket Scientist!
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