I'm confused about what career I should study,I'm between....???

Question

What do you think is better electrical engineering or law.I want to be an engineer but I also want to be a lawyer.Please give me an advice.

Answer 1

I think there will be more demand for electrical engineers than lawyers in the years ahead, but you have to follow your heart. However, here is an idea: get your degree in engineering then, if you still want to, go to law school. A lawyer with actual knowledge in a particular field may be able to find good work serving companies in that field. You don't have to have a particular degree or major to apply to law school. So get the EE degree but know that your options are always open.

Answer 2

If you want to know what I think is better, then engineering by far. I can't understand why anyone would want to become a lawyer.

I can tell you what your undergraduate study would involve in each scenario however. For engineering obviously very heavy in math and science, then most of your study will revolve around circuits, electricity and magnetism and the like. For pre-law you can really take any major (liberal arts) and still get into law school, although political science is one of the more practical choices. PoliSci will involve A LOT of reading and memorization of various historical events dealing with policy or government. Followed by more memorization in law school.

As far as the career you will be able to follow after graduating, entry level in either field isn't too enticing. Climb to around the top 20% or so in law and you get to see a courtroom. Get a graduate degree in engineering and you will be able to make decisions about the type of work you will be doing.

Good luck.

Answer 3

There is much more math in electrical engineering, but you don't have to decide whether to put a client on the stand and wonder if they are guilty. In electrical engineering there is less wondering of whether you put a guilty man back out on the streets. However, there is also the problem of wondering if you rigged the wiring correctly, is a mistake of mine going to harm someone. YOU are going to have to weigh your decision, make a best and worst list, and let yourself figure out which will be less stressful for you. Most importantly when you make your decision don't let yourself wonder if you made the right decision, you will make the best choice for yourself no matter what, and either choice beats working at a fast food joint for the rest of your life.

Answer 4

Well, in the end it should really come down to two things: which one do you like more, and which one are you better at. As to which one you like more, with electrical engineering one litmus test you could use is to try out either the introductory physics class or the introductory computer science class (the one with actual programming and the one which forms the prerequisite for the rest of the computer science curriculum), or both. Between these two classes, you should get a decent taste of what electrical engineering will be like without delving too far into it. As to law, I'm less well versed in what law schools look for, though I'd imagine there might be a course or two which might provide some good context, though here is someplace you might want to talk to an advisor about.

In addition to seeing which you like more (and you may already have or maybe you eventually will come to the conclusion that you like them more or less equally), you might want to consider which you're better at. After all, if you like them equally, but you're significantly better at one than the other, then there's no reason you should study the subject you're better at so that you do better and thus look more attractive to prospective employers (or grad schools or whatever you may decide down the road). Of course, it's often true that you'll tend to like those subjects which you're better at more if for no other reason than that they seem easier. ;) This is another useful thing about taking the introductory physics and/or programming course, in that you get to gauge how good you are in those areas which are in many ways the foundations of electrical engineering. I should note here however that generally these classes, particularly in a large school, sometimes have the reputation and even the purpose of weeding people who may not be so good out. This generally results in a competitive and tough class. Particularly in the case of programming, often times it's to you're vast advantage to know some programming (even if it's a different language from what's being used in the course) coming into the class.

One other thing I might suggest is talking it over with your friends and family (particularly your parents). The reason I say this is because going into college I really didn't think I knew what I wanted to do. Of course I eventually figured it out (it turned out to be physics), but I apparently fooled no one and more or less everyone, particularly my parents, were pretty sure that I would head into the sciences and probably towards physics. Now, your parents and friends might or might not see some tendency in you which you are blind to yourself, so it might be a good idea to ask. Not that I'm saying that you should heed their advice completely and utterly, but it can be useful to see what other people think of you and where you're headed.

Answer 5

I can't make that decision for you, but to help you decide you might want to make an in-depth study of both these careers, talk to people who are in them, or take aptitude tests to see what you are best suited for. These two careers are diametrically opposite one another, as one involves science and math, and the other is mostly legislation and judicial. Both involve a lot of study and preparation, and both are lucrative careers. Whichever you choose should give you a lot of satisfaction. People have also been known to juggle more than one career. You could possibly do both, if you just can't decide. Good luck!

Answer 6

Talk to the career center in your college about getting internships in both fields, so you can learn more about them and make a better choice. If you graduate in May, you could do one that starts in the summer and then another one that starts in September. Those will be done by December and then you'll have a bit of time work on the applications for grad/law school for whichever field you choose.
Good luck!

Answer 7

I'm probably a little on the biased side, but I think you should go for electrical engineering. My dad has his EE and he loves it. He doesn't come home covered in grease, so I don't know what the other person is talking about. I think lawyers are much more greasy and slimy then engineers. =) Good luck with your choice.

Answer 8

I think you shouldn't be asking people this question.
I mean, this is the rest of your life. And you want to base it on what the majority thinks? Really?

I think you should sit down, and really think about what you see yourself doing ten, even twenty years from now.

Do you see yourself in an office? What's it look like?
Who are you talking to?
How would you react if you had to fire someone?
How would you react if you had to hire someone, and the both of you came up with something new?

That should help.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Unless you want to have oil and grease on you, 365 days a year,
and always worry about some repair job not lasting, or getting done wrong, study law. People tend to listen to attorneys than people who read law books, but don't go to law school and practice law.