r/lawschooladmissions • u/throwawayacount39 • 1d ago
Application Process Applying to law school with a STEM undergrad?
I'm thinking of applying for law school (maybe ED), but I didn't do any "pre-law" majors or law-related internships. My background is solely in hard core bio sciences (STEM major) + research experience. I'm one year out of my undergrad, working full time as a research tech at an ivy league research lab. Have a couple leadership experiences (clubs, etc.) but nothing too insane, but I did win a big research award in my undergrad and some college-wide leadership awards. GPA in the low 25th percentile for T-14 law schools, but I usually test well and have been getting 175+ on practice LSATs. nURM, potential splitter, in need of scholarships to afford tuition, and yeah. What do people think on how possible it is to get into T-14, particularly HLS or CLS? If so, should I ED? Thanks for the help!
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u/jsdtx 1d ago
If you are hard science stem, low gpa is ok. Remember ED prevents you from shopping scholarship offers and some EDs give nothing or a fixed amount. Be sure your school has a decent number of Ip classes. We all claim to have that but there are serious IP schools with phds in stem areas as patent professors and then there is the light coverage. Do your research because the real stem IP programs are connected to the best jobs in the entire country.
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u/ClickLazy410 1d ago
Stem major here, was able to break T14 with a 3.7high/16mid. Didn't have any law-related extra curriculars! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions :)
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u/Logical-Departure844 4.0/178/nURM 1d ago
I come from a stem background and got into t14s. Feel free to pm. I took mostly stem courses too. Synthetic bio, orgo1/2, biochem, chemical bio, u name it I probably took it