<p>Hi, I’m in high school right now, and I have a few questions about law :D</p>
<li><p>What are some good U-Grad schools that are strong in law besides the super elite private schools? I’m looking more at state universities (except UCs) or top 30-top 50 schools rather than Harvard, which is obvious.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m also really interested in medicine/biomed engineering, so is there a way I can combine these interests in a career in law which is my main passion. My dad suggested that I can be a malpractice lawyer, but I’ve heard that they are poor (correct if I’m wrong), so what else would be good?</p></li>
<li><p>I’ve started practicing for the LSAT, but I’m really really bad and only get a 115, which is worrying me about law school admissions. Is it OK for a will-be junior in hs to do this bad right now or should I try and find a different career?</p></li>
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<p>um, i kind of hope you're joking about a lot of the stuff here. you REALLY don't need to think about law school til at least your jr year in COLLEGE...and since most people take time off between college and law school, you probably don't even need to think about it until after you graduate. better off working on your SATs. anyway...</p>
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<li><p>it really doesn't matter if the undergrad school you go to has a good law school. people end up at good law schools after graduating from all sorts of places. my undergrad didn't even have a law school, and i'm at a T14 now. just get good grades. </p></li>
<li><p>successful malpractice attorneys are definitely NOT poor. Hardly any attorneys who graduate from good schools have trouble finding a job that leaves them quite comfortable (whether they actually want that sort of job is another issue...some people want to do public service/ government jobs, which pay less well). If you end up being an engineer or have some sort of science degree, you might also want to consider patent/ IP law.</p></li>
<li><p>The lowest score possible on the LSAT is a 120, so if you got a 115, maybe you took the wrong test or calculated your score wrong or something? ;) if you got a 151, don't worry about it. Try again in a couple of years once you've had more experience reading on a college level and you'll probably see an improvement. THEN you can start studying.</p></li>
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<p>If you're still in High School, you're better off studying for the SAT than the LSAT. Even if you're not planning on going to an Ivy league college, a high SAT score can easily translate into scholarship money.</p>
<p>Yeah as said above don't even bother with the LSAT until you've been in college a while. I don't even want to think of what my score would have looked like as a Jr. in High School.</p>
<p>2.) Malpractice attorneys are not poor financially, but they're not very popular people, either.</p>
<p>3.) While I agree that the LSAT is a long way off, I do think you must have either taken the wrong test or... something. A 125 indicates that you got twenty questions correct out of 100. I would be worried if this is an accurate indication.</p>