<p>Law school is a completely different beast from most other graduate schools. Law firms only hire the top 10% of the graduating class. So if you went to an elite law school that is going to be a tough chore because your grade is based off of how well everyone else does. Basically you could write an essay that in undergrad would have been an A but you had the 11th best A paper so you get a B+. For instance my sister was a straight A+ student her entire life and then she went to Wash U. Law and finished in the top 25% and can’t even find a job at a DA. The place she interned at just doesn’t have the money to hire her and all of the lawyers our family knows are saying the same thing. There just isn’t money right now. Right now as a lawyer you either need to be top 10% at a top 20 law school, have a MS in engineering or chemistry (be a patent lawyer), or also be a CPA (finance law).</p>
<p>Right now this country graduates almost as many undergrad engineers as it does lawyers every year. Which one do you think has the most potential of landing you a high paying job? </p>
<p>I am in my second week of my MS degree in CS and I have already have 3 job offers for when I graduate ranging from 45K to 130K starting pay. (The 45K is a government job obviously)</p>