Hello Im just a seni in high school now applying to college. I would like to study engineering in college, but care about making six figures and prefer a more business environment. Therefore, Im looking specifically at engineering management (MBA after undergrad) or Patent attorney. It looks very interesting, but i dont know much about ti. First of all, from my understanding engineers get very low gpas on averagr. Is that a great impediment to getting into law school (since theres no patent law school!) I know you can be a patent attorney without a law degree, but it definteyl seems to open up more possibilites.

Secondly, what major would be prefered in college? It seems everyone wants BSEEs and Comp Sci majors, although to be honest i think id enjoy mech more than EE. Dont know about that yet though.

Also, about being a patent attorney, what is the average day like? What do you do (more detailed than “writing patents”!)? Also what salary and lifestyle can be expected.
sorry ran out of space…id also like to know how you start out after law school (seems you cant just jump into the high paying Patent Prosecutor jobs!). Finally, any other comments are welcome. Thanks :)

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