Pre-Law or Engineering?

College Search & Selection
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<p>If you read the stories that I posted back on the first page you would get a better feel for the problem with the nine month out employment rate. At graduation they have a very good knowledge of who has an offer and who does not. On top of that the number you should be comparing law grad salary to is either the salary of an engineer with 3 years in the field or the salary of an engineer graduating with a masters as stated in the link to the paper that I posted. Further a pre-law degree does happen to be a real degree at many universities according to the college board there are over 400 schools still offering a Prelaw major, however, Seton Hall is not one of them. Here are the numbers for LSAT scores by degree. </p>

<p>1.Mathematics/Physics160.0
2.Economics and Philosophy/theology (tie) 157.4
3.International relations 156.5
4.Engineering 156.2
5.Government/service 156.1
6.Chemistry 156.1
7.History 155.9
8.Interdisciplinary studies 155.5
9.Foreign languages 155.3
10.English 155.2
11.Biology/natural sciences 154.8
12.Arts 154.2
13.Computer science 154.0
14.Finance 153.4
15.Political science 153.1
16.Psychology 152.5
17.Liberal arts 152.4
18.Anthropology/geography 152.2
19.Accounting 151.7
20.Journalism 151.5
21.Sociology/social work 151.2
22.Marketing 150.8
23.Business management 149.7
24.Education 149.4
25.Business administration 149.1
26.Health professions 148.4
27.Pre-law 148.3
28.Criminal justice 146.0</p>

<p>Really read the articles I posted on the first page. I am not saying that the OP will make less as a lawyer than as an engineer. What I am trying to get at is that it may be well worth it if he doesn’t get into a top law school to work and go to law school part time this will be easier if he can support himself as an engineer than it would be if he had a degree in English.</p>

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<p>A very few colleges offer a "Pre-Law’ major, but it seems to be universally accepted that it is a really bad idea to choose it as a major. Most colleges have pre-law advising, and you can major in anything and go to law school. An engineering undergrad plus law schools opens up doors for patent law, which I believe has better career opportunities than other fields of law. Some of the most common undergrad majors among pre-law students are political science, English, history, and economics. </p>

<p>Grad schools do not look at high school GPA. </p>

<p>I don’t think Seton Hall is too well regarded, and it is very expensive.</p>