<p>I am strongly considering going into patent law, and majoring in physics or mechanical engineering for undergrad. I would prefer to go to weinberg and major in physics and be able to take more humanities classes, or possible go to the Intergrated Science Program if possible. But Northwestern offers this great program for future patent lawyers, HPEL, the Honors Program in Engineering and Law, that would really up my chances at admission to their law school. Should I apply to McCormick and HPEL, or apply to Weinberg and possibly ISP (where I can take more classes I want to take)?
Also, would my admissions chances at either school be much differant? I got a 2210 SAT (710m 750cr 750w), a 3.7 GPA uw with some APs, and I have good ECs, but i have not been in any special engineering programs. Thanks.</p>
<p>I would definitely say the HLEP...that sounds a lot more like what you are looking for. It would make more sense to me to undergrad in engineering and then go to law school.
Also your SAT is really good, but your math is your lowest score. I don't know the average math score for engineers but its probably high.</p>
<p>thanks
and about my math score-
my entire life, on standardized tests, i ALWAYS got in the 99%ile on math. on my act i got a 33 on math. On my PSAT, i only got 1 math question wrong. On my math SAT practice test, i got an 800. I was shocked i got a 710 on math, so I am taking it again in october and I have good reason to believe i will get i higher score. I guess I just forgot to check my answers! (i got 4 wrong).</p>
<p>Definitely HPEL. The law school is ranked just outside of top-10 (10th last year; 12th this year) and has one of the very best bar passing/job placement rates. </p>
<p>Another thing about the law school: the admission to the law school is pretty competitive; the LSAT score may seem slightly lower than its peers but that's because they care much more than just scores; it's the only school in the country that interviews every candidate. That probably explains why their job placement rate is so good.</p>
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