California Western vs (wait for another yr)
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:56 pm
z
People will tell you to retake and, for once, I may agree. Cal Western is, from what I can tell, fairly solid in San Diego. However, you're still going to be paying 1/2 tuition for 2 semesters assuming you keep your GPA up. Paying tuition at a T4 can be risky. Plus, if you were scoring significantly higher consistently on PT's, then it may behoove you to retake. It's not a guarantee that people will score higher if they retake, but if you are consistently PT'ing higher, it may be worth it.risktaker wrote:So I am being offered admission to California Western w/ the first year's tuition paid in full. Second and third years will be contingent on maintaining at least 80th percentile, but only 1/2 of the tuition for the second and third years would be paid. I have a 157 LSAT and I recently graduated w/ 3.25 GPA cumulative. I would like to become a patent lawyer and work in San Diego. Should I accept this scholarship and go to California Western or take a year off, do better on the LSAT and reapply? I was hitting 165+ on my PT's and have an option to take it again in June or October. Would going to a school like University of San Diego be significantly better than graduating from California Western in terms of jobs related to patent law. Hope to hear some good responses. Thanks so much guys and gals.
As far as the USD vs. CWSL, I can't speak to that, it's something I've been trying to figure out myself.
Question about your interest in patents: do you have a hard science/technical background? My understanding is that it's pretty tough to get into that work without having that background.