<p>What is your opinion for engineering major and then to law school hopefully uva or umd ? im also in honors and pres scholar (8K) at umd and nothin from uva whats ur opinion ?</p>
<p>Both have good engineering, so I guess go to UMD since they're giving you money. The UMD honors program has a very high law school acceptance rate (I remember this from the Banneker Key seminar).</p>
<p>It's going to be tough maintaining a high GPA with an engineering major...</p>
<p>UVA is a better school but im sure there wont be a difference between UMD an UVA</p>
<p>I would say UVa would be the better pick if the cost was equivalent between the two schools. If you aren't a Va resident, I would probably pick UMD over UVa. It is a good school too.</p>
<p>Law school is expensive so you might want to consider the financial aspect of this very carefully.</p>
<p>well law school is going to cost a mint anywhere, the difference might be a few thousand, but on the surface, UVa has to get the nod on a reputation/quality performance. The thing is, you graduate law school near the top of your class, especially at a fine university like Maryland, youll recieve offers equivalent to the grads of UVa</p>
<p>amyank, i think the OP was talking about maryland vs. virginia for undergrad, if he eventually wants to attend law school.</p>
<p>Okay I didn't research who was 1-4, but this is for US News</p>
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UMD CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RANKS 5TH NATIONWIDE FOR BEST UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS!
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<p>I also didn't research all of the engineering, I think I read somewhere it is no. 8 in the nation, definetely could be wrong. My only point is if 1 of the engineering programs is that high, then most likely the rest are too!</p>
<p>whats ur source for that ? just curious its a nice stat im thinkin umd is the best choice espec b/c of the money offered and im from pa so oos for both and how hard is it to maintain a high gpa as a engineer and will law school be more lenient on an engineer's gpa then say a philosophy major's ? not takin a shoot at philosophy majors but they have a notion of easier classes not my opinion just ppl's opinions</p>
<p>@bulletandpima</p>
<p>That is incorrect. You are talking about University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD).
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<p>I wish it was UMD-CP (I am doing chemical engineering and likely going there).</p>
<p>Jwalsh, engineering is an uncommon major for pre-law students. That isn't a bad thing, but law school involves a lot of reading, writing, and analyzing. These aren't skills that are stressed in an engineering curriculum, because you're learning a lot of technical and mathematical skills. Preparing for the LSAT also takes a good dedicated chunk of time, which you need to make sure you have available. Also, like you mentioned, engineering is a tough major. If it's not really what you want to do after you graduate, a lot of people don't feel like it's worth it to work through the program only to end up at the same place (like law school) as everyone else.</p>
<p>I'm not saying you can't do it, but a pre-law engineering major is quite rare in my experience.</p>
<p>A pre-law engineering major is great for patent law. Most patent law attorneys major in chemistry or engineering during their undergraduate years. jwalsh: Are you a resident of either Virginia or Maryland?</p>
<p>im not a resident of va or md im from pa . This situation is that i have always grow up finding math easy and fascinating but want a way to apply that so I went for engineering especially since if i decide to change my mind i can get out of engineeering but its very hard (near impossible) to transfer into engineering. I have also always loved law in all its various facets and want to go to law school but want an undergraduate degree that i can use if i decide to not go to law school for all the various reasons that life brings. also would law school look kinder on say a 3.6 gpa for an engineering major compared to a 3.8 for an english major ??</p>
<p>The 3.6 in engineering will be well received at most law schools. Your LSAT score will be the equalizing factor. It is hard to find engineering students who want to attend law school, so you should do well.</p>
<p>Am I wrong or isn't the LSAT like your most distinguishing thing for law school (more than the MCAT or SAT for med school or undergrad)?</p>
<p>thats what i heard which works for me great b/c standardized tests r what i do good at (i def need to put more practice in the LSAT then those SAT's those-- shoot for 180!) and would a great gpa of >3.7 say from engineering at umd with a good LSAT of >170 get me into top 10 law schools .... obviously i no e.c.'s and essays play a role but just curious</p>