Going to law school???

HappyAlumnus
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 23:48:10 +0000

helenaimee, with your background, if you do law, intellectual property law or startup law for sciences/tech companies is probably your best match.

Yes, with a 3.6/3.7 GPA, you have a chance of getting into a good school. You should be able to take your current grades and number of course hours completed, and number of course hours remaining and expected GPA in those courses, and determine how you will end up. However, if one of your majors is microbiology and it sounds like you’re viewing microbio I as a challenge, perhaps that major isn’t really what you should be doing if you want to raise your GPA.

Also, for your reasons for going into law:

“binge-watching Suits”: That is not a reason to consider law school.

“I have always been fascinated with the law”: In what ways? If so, why haven’t you done anything with law yet? I’m a lawyer and am not fascinated by the law at all, but I have done fine with it as a career.

“the financial reward can be fantastic”: It can for some, but not really for most.

“I am the type of person to not give up until I am right and my point has been made”: What does that have to do with the law? Wouldn’t that skill be valid in a lot of fields? In corporate law, though, which is what I do, it’s important to make a point but you also have to accommodate the other side to get a deal done.

“my family has always joked that I would make an excellent lawyer”: On what basis? Are your family members lawyers? If so, why aren’t they giving you advice and contacts? If not, why do their jokes carry any weight?