<p>Hello,
I will begin my education at the University of Michigan College of Engineering in the Fall, and I was wondering if engineering is an "alright" approach to get into law school. The average graduating gpa from the College is a 2.8, which obviously is on a lower end of the admissions spectrum, and I really don't plan on patent law as a career path. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m not an admissions official or anything, but my guess is that if you are not planning on patent law, taking engineering will place you a great disadvantage, assuming you preform at or near the average. If you’re good at science and math, and can pull off something close to a 4.0, then go for it!! Law schools couldn’t care less about your major.<br>
If your concern is preparation for law school, then engineering is perhaps not the most ideal. It does teach you to analitical things and how to apply logic, but you also need to know how to write effectively. So i’m guessing you would need to throw in some really rigorous writing courses.</p>
<p>I say go for it. I’m Electrical Engineering at UMD and our average is like 2.64. Get a good LSAT coach (i’m paying like 100 bucks an hour for mine but he gets results). Your most important time in Engineering is your first year, after that it will be hard to move you GPA substantially. Try to take a light load and come in the summer/winter to keep that GPA high early.</p>
<p>Go for it. I too am an Electrical Engineer looking to go to law school after graduation. Law schools will take your difficulty of major into account, but that doesn’t mean they’ll let you slide with a much lower GPA. But, if you don’t happen to get into the law school that you want, then you have a great degree that will get you a great job.</p>
<p>Engineering is fine. Just be sure to not take ONLY engineering classes. Theory classes are extremely important. Otherwise, go for it!</p>
<p>I hear that. You have a couple of months before the action begins so get a good plan for which Engineering discipline is interesting to you. Look to make plenty of friends in Engineering at orientation. I have personally used the friends that I have made and smart strategy (going in winter/summer terms) to hold up a 3.47 overall. U can do it and probably even better just be ready to work hard.</p>
<p>if your ultimate goal is (non-patent) law then majoring in engineering is probably a bad idea.</p>
<p>to law schools a 4.0 in political science is better than a 3.7 or so in engineering. the entire admissions process is a numbers game, unfortunately. in the long run you’re better off majoring in something useless and easy rather than something interesting/marginally challenging.</p>
<p>Yep like everyone has said, engineering does give you a slight boost in your application, but not nearly enough to offset the difficulty of achieving those grades over A&S students.</p>
<p>But how set are you for going to law school? Do you really want to roll the die and give up a guaranteed decently paying job if law school doesn’t work out?</p>