<p>Obviously there are engineers who go to law school...are these only super-high gpa engineers? Because if the top law schools have average GPA's of around 3.7, wouldn't an engineer have a hard time getting in? I mean, plenty of engineering majors get a great GPA. What I mean, though, is, is any consideration of engineering majors taken at all? I am interested in patent law.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Nail the LSAT. Some law schools are more tolerant of “splitters” (low GPA, high LSAT) – especially those with engineering degrees. I know more than one engineer at Northwestern with below a 3.0 UGPA…but a 172+ LSAT.</p>
<p>Oh, I see. I guess that works! It must be true at colleges with grade deflation, too.</p>
<p>I don’t think he made his point very clear. No, law schools do not really give much credence to a engineering major over others. But just because you have a lower gpa doesn’t mean you can’t get in to a good law school. This is because the LSAT is a much bigger factor in law school admissions the undergrad GPA. But this is true for every major. Also, it’s pretty clear that admissions people don’t give much thought to grade deflation either, because honestly, it’s too hard to judge. You only really see HYPS get small boosts in admissions, and only at law schools like HYS.</p>
<p>Generally, people give out numbers like LSAT is 60% of your application, GPA is 30%, and everything else is the last 10%.</p>
<p>Law schools do give a little more weight to the GPA of engineering majors and thus you might, for example, be considered in the 3.7 range if you have 3.5 but ultimately, as mentioned above, what really makes the difference would be a high LSAT score.</p>
<p>Drusba is being too generous.</p>
<p>Agree with patriot. Though law school admissions will acknowledge that engineering is a difficult major, they’ll be more willing to accept someone with a 3.7 over a 3.5 engineering major since they depend on numbers. The higher their (law schools) numbers, the higher their rank.</p>