<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I need a ballpark estimate of what my odds are for getting into Law School. I would like to get into the field of Patent Law. I would prefer to stay in Ontario but I am not entirely opposed to relocating for the right school/opportunity.</p>
<p>Here’s my background: I have been working as a Control Systems engineer for the past 3.5 years. Currently I am employed with a nuclear engineering firm in Canada so I am used to a lot of paperwork!. I graduated from McMaster with a B. Eng in Electrical Engineering, my cGPA was 3.4 (good for engineering, but not the greatest when compared to other majors).</p>
<p>Should I take the LSAT or do you think that I would just be wasting my time trying to chase this dream?</p>
<p>I just want a realistic assessment before diving into something. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Pardon my ignorance, but what is McMaster’s reputation with regard to your degree? For patent law, the reputation of the undergraduate school can mean more than anything else. You don’t have to go to a top law school to do well in patent law.</p>
<p>I think they have a pretty good reputation.</p>
<p>A tier below U of T and Waterloo with respect to computer/electrical engineering, but still highly regarded.</p>
<p>Google search tells me that there’s this top 100 world universities list from Shanghai Jiao Tong university, that lists McGill, U of T, UBC and McMaster as the only Canadian universities recognized. If that counts for anything! <a href=“http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm[/url]”>http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm</a></p>
<p>I just went to Mac because I lived right next door, so that’s as much as I know with respect to its reputation!</p>
<p>Start with a practice LSAT. Download the one from LSAC’s website and try it. That’s step #1.</p>
<p>First, you should take a practice LSAT test and see what you get. If you get more than 155-160, you should be in decent shape to get a good score after test preparation.</p>