<p>Well I would like to go into law one day, maybe not patent law but I'll keep it in consideration. Engineering is fairly interesting to me and I'm planning on majoring in electrical eng. w/ philosophy.. I'm a pretty good college applicant but not god's gift to earth (2180/top5%). I'm looking between rice,alabama(free),ut-austin,bostonu,smu.. The reason I want to go into engineering is because it will provide me with some safety. I don't have much money so I can't just go through law school and hope to find a job. Is the engineering to law path viable? Between the schools I listed, can anyone tell me which schools give the best grades? Furthermore, between the schools I listed, will attending any give me significantly higher chances at a good law school?</p>
<p>SMU supposedly cannibalizes their own undergrads by accepting them into law school at a high rate, honestly it is not something I can prove, just something I have heard repeated through the rumor mill for years.</p>
<p>BTW: you do realize that your Engi GPA will probably put you at a severe disadvantage when you report your GPA to LSAC right?</p>
<p>If you decide for this route you at least will make a killing when you pass the patent bar.</p>
<p>Say I get a 3.3-3.6 in electrical engineering/philosophy double major at Rice and a 165-175 LSAT… What kinds of law schools would I be looking at?</p>
<p>Engineering to law school is often a route used by those interested in patent or intellectual property law.</p>
<p>Why would you double major?</p>
<p>interest in philosophy… probably would help my gpa… probably prepare me pretty well for the lsat</p>
<p>At some schools, philosophy is less grade-inflated than most other humanities subjects, so it may not provide as much GPA boost for law school purposes.</p>
<p>Both philosophy and engineering are among the majors whose students do well in the LSAT (others include math, physics, and economics).</p>
<p>I personally know two guys with engineering backgrounds who are currently in law school (both for patent law). The impression I got from them is that your LSAT score is way more important than your GPA – in fact, the way they explain it, the LSAT is probably the most important test you’ll ever take since it is the biggest factor for getting into a top ranked law school, and the prestige and rank of your law school is the number one thing (maybe the only thing) that law firms care about. I think it’s all really stupid… but I guess that’s why I’m not in law.</p>
<p>One of the guys is in his final year and he now regrets going to law school. He currently interns at a law firm and he hates it so much that he’s considering staying put as an engineer even after he earns his law degree.</p>
<p>Saying what if I have a 165 - 175 LSAT is like saying “what if I drive a Kia - Ferrari.” Go take the test and see what you will get. </p>
<p>You are not going up against random mindless idiots like you did in undergrad, you are going up against a self selected group who has often been studying specifically for this test for 2 or 3 years, and has spent tens of thousands of dollars on the best test prep and tutors. </p>
<p>Also make sure if you take a practice test to see what your scores will be that you take it timed and all at once with an extra section, the two thing that gets LSAT takers is the time limit per section and the length of the test (doing section after section with only the one break)</p>
<p>No matter the amount of test prep, time spent, and money paid the median score is 150.</p>