<p>I am a petroleum engineering major at a good petroleum engineering school (University of Oklahoma), but I have been becoming more interested in going to law school after undergrad. As an engineer I have the option of becoming a patent lawyer, so I want to keep my engineering major rather than switch to a more "open" major like history or politics. I have been reading on the site that it is more difficult to get into high-caliber law schools as an engineering major from a non-Ivy, so I would like your advice on how to succeed in getting into those high-level law schools. What should I be doing to make myself a viable candidate for the top-tier law schools coming from an state university?</p>
<p>High LSAT score and high GPA. Law schools are generally said to not care very much how difficult your school or major is.</p>
<p>The reason why people think that getting into a top law school is harder for an engineering major is that most people think that it is harder to get a high GPA in engineering than in humanities or social studies (though it may be the reverse for some people who are very good at math compared to the general population). Nationally, it is generally the case that humanities average GPAs are slightly higher than engineering GPAs.</p>
<p>thank you very much, ucbalumnus! i am happy to know that hard work in undergrad, even if it is at an average university, can pay off :)</p>