> If you look at law, you have to win the prestige lottery and get into a top school, which will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then you have to win th

> If you look at law, you have to win the prestige lottery and get into a top school, which will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then you have to win the grades lottery and get good enough grades to get into a top firm. And then you have to continue winning tournaments to avoid getting kicked out... This is just not true. My parents and grandparents were all lawyers. They went to law school in their home city (around 600k population) and made a living for themselves. At the time of his retirement my grandfather was very well off and had savings for college for both his parents and their kids (me). You can get by just fine without winning a "prestige lottery" and going hundreds of thousands into debt just to attend a 'top' law school.