<p>Just got my LSAT score back today and not terribly pleased, considering I want to get into a top 10: 167. This was the score I got when i took my first practice test and after a month of intensive LSAT prep, i ended up in the same place.</p>
<p>I'm a mechanical engineering/materials science and engineering double major at berkeley with a 3.2 GPA (hey it's rough over here!) looking to study IP.</p>
<p>Anyone know of anyone in a similar situation? Pretty sure I'm going to retake the LSAT because I decided previously I would retake it if I scored sub-170. Is this reasonable?</p>
<p>What are my chances with the 167? :|</p>
<p>*I've also been seeing some stuff online about SAT scores helping/hurting you as well? I got a pretty solid SAT score of 2330...does this factor in at all?</p>
<p>Is it true that the median GPA for Engineering grads from Berkeley is 3.0? Wouldn’t that make you a more than competent Engineer at a fantastic UG?</p>
<p>I know the rankings systems only work on a baseline score, but there’s got to be some sort of cache carried with your much more difficult degree.</p>
<p>I know if I got a major in Comparative Religion I could have a ridiculously high GPA…but I want to learn something more substantial.</p>
<p>for mechanical engineers it’s actually a 2.7 avg gpa…and it’s mandated by the department because they like to make their students suffer i guess.</p>
<p>Look at the charts on lawschoolnumbers and check lawschoolpredictor. Your GPA is killing your chances and they will not care where you went or what you majored in or if you spent 30 hours/week being a varsity athlete.</p>
<p>You may better your odds by working for a few years and getting the LSAT up to mid-170’s. I don’t mean to sound harsh, I mean to sound truthful. Talk of median GPA in your major at your school is pretty meaningless.</p>
<p>@zoeydoggie: the reason why I asked is because there was some sort of indication on another thread in this forum that certain schools, such as Georgia Tech and Berkeley, have their grades weighted in such a way so as to almost ensure that the person has no chance at top law schools because of the favor shown to GPA independent of major and that certain law schools in the T14 would favor people who had degrees in certain STEM subjects. I’m not entirely sure which ones they were, perhaps someone can tell me.</p>
<p>This is of interest to me because at UW the Mathematics courses are curved to 2.5, so as to weed out non-exceptional students as time goes on. Therefor, I would prefer to not self-exclude myself from consideration at a particular institution because of my decision to add a second in Mathematics. My first thought at this time is that I would prefer to continue working towards post-secondary study in either Business or Economics, which the Mathematics would undoubtedly prepare me for, but if I decided to pursue a career in law, I wanted to be certain that my choice to take a double in Mathematics would not obliterate my chances.</p>