Engineers who have engineering work experience often get into better law schools than students with the same grade point average but no work experience. If you decide to begin law school immediately after you receive your Bachelor's degree, you should plan to take the LSAT in October of your senior year and file your applications between October 1 and November 15. The recipient will be expected to enroll in an appropriate graduate program and work during the term of the fellowship. Juniors who have a strong and demonstrated interest and commitment to a career in public service, strong leadership skills and demonstrated academic achievement. Areas of interest may include arts administration, teaching in a community-based organization and environmental interests.
Applications are available early in the spring semester.
The Rhodes scholarship pays for students to study at Oxford University in England for two years and is available to American citizens between the ages of 18-24. The British Marshall fellowship is similar and pays for two years of study at any British university. While the Rhodes scholarship stresses well-roundedness, the Marshall fellowship requires exceptionally high academic achievement, and you must have a grade point average over 3.7 to apply. The Fulbright fellowship is for one year of study at a foreign institution and can be used at a host of countries across the world. The DAAD fellowship pays for fluent speakers of German to study any subject at a German university.