Does anyone know how difficult it is to get a 3.7+ GPA in electrical engineering at MSU? The only reason I am studying engineering is my parents, and I plan to go to law school after. My parents will only allow me to go to law school if I am accepted to a top tier school, which is putting even more pressure on me to get a high GPA, since if I am not accepted to a highly ranked law school, I will be stuck as an engineer for the rest of my life and that is not something I want. So yeah I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if it is doable to get a 3.7+ in EE at MSU or about the difficulty of the program.
It’s going to be dang hard to get an A- or higher average in something you don’t enjoy.
It’s going to be a challenge since you don’t like something you enjoy. Why do your parents want you to study Engineering?
Why do your parents have any say in where you eventually attend law school.
This is turning into a surefire recipe to be neither an engineer nor a lawyer. Engineering, not only EE, but all facets of it are HARD. The most challenging science classes in high school, excepting rare cases, will not prepare you for how difficult the collegiate engineering track will be. It’s a humbling transition for the best, brightest and motivated. If you aren’t motivated it will be an awful grind. That will surely translate into poor grades. You’ll not only be rejected by the top law schools, you might not get into law school at all. Doing this is like lighting the fuse on a bomb planted right in the middle of your dream of being an attorney. Rather than asking questions about GPA, how about a heart to heart with your parents about YOUR life goals? No matter what cultural/familial pressures you feel now, imagine the wrath when the path you feel no passion for all falls appart.
You have every right to choose a major that works for you. If you don’t like electrical engineering, there’s a very good chance you’re not going to get a 3.7 GPA…plain and simple. Tier 1 law schools are not very forgiving when it comes to grades. I would probably suggest majoring in business. It’s a popular major for some pre-law students. Business seems to have the right balance of rigorous coursework without all the insufferable technical torture that EE students have to put up with. And it’s generally employable as a fallback option, depending on what the specialty is.
Your parents are mostly right that only top rank law schools are worth attending (law employment is very much based on law school rank), but forcing you to major in engineering (presumably a condition of funding your college) when you are not interested in it is a really bad idea, since you are unlikely to earn a high enough GPA in a subject you do not like. As @eyemgh says, you are unlikely to become either an engineer or a lawyer.