<p>I'm wondering if it's even possible to get into a top Grad school from a more mediocre Undergrad?</p>
<p>For example, I'm wanting to do Patent Law</p>
<p>Say I can only get into a undergrad like UC Davis or Cal Poly for engineering, but performed stellar all fours years. Would I even have a shot at Harvard Law as Grad?</p>
<p>How would my chances look if I went to a better undergrad like UCSD, Cal, or UMich, still performed stellar, and then applied to Harvard Law?</p>
<p>Well, there's no doubt that going to a better undergrad will likely help you (provided you attain a similar GPA). I don't know that it's really an interesting question.</p>
<p>I think the interesting question is what the shift in the constant from one school to the other is, provided that GPA doesn't stay the same-- and that's harder to gauge.</p>
<p>Your Law School chances are almost entirely based on your undergrad GPA and LSAT score followed by your personal statement. Check out the CC Law School forum for details.</p>
<p>In the meantime, get a couple years of undergrad behind you first - then start worrying about what you're going to do after you graduate.</p>
<p>I know someone specifically who went from Cal Poly undergrad to Harvard grad. Neither Davis nor Cal Poly are bad schools. In fact, they are both quite respected. People go on to very good grad schools after graduating from these campuses. I wouldn't worry at all about your chances.</p>
<p>yeah you could, though i think it would be weird going from engineering to law.
But im assuming you got into both of them. Cal Poly is really remarkable if you ask me. I mean it has incredible engineering, for super cheap. I would definitaly say it has the best engineering outside of prestigous schools (Cal, MIT, CIT...)</p>
<p>I know for biomedical eng, at least a third (actually almost half) of my graduating class is either applying to, attending, or planning to go to law school. </p>
<p>You have a huge advantage over a sociology major (for example) going into device patent law, and I have heard they take this into account in the admissions process. My gf is applying to law w/a physiology background, and she got into a lot of schools that had higher Gpa/lsat scores than she did. Also, I know that engineers on average are very successful in law school.</p>
<p>Honestly though, the top 14 ranked law schools are in a class of their own admissions-wise.</p>
<p>I have a question for the major itself though. Is it easy to get a job with Patent Law (say I am only an above-average lawyer and not one of the best) and will the job be well-paying? It seems like there are already too many lawyers so in the future, is there a possibility that I won't be able to hold a job with this major?</p>