From a money standpoint you probably can't beat Wall Street. From a mental stimulation standpoint it probably blows. Most people who go into a technical major

From a money standpoint you probably can't beat Wall Street. From a mental stimulation standpoint it probably blows. Most people who go into a technical major probably do so because they want to create and learn. I don't think the majority who choose those types of (Wall $reet) gigs initially came out of high school saying "I'm going into theoretical physics and math to get a job on wall street". They just gave up on the dream. At any rate, if your goal is to make a lot of money, going to a top law school probably has better average expected return than a similar caliber school technical degree, with far less variance, as someone here has pointed out. But I can't knock people for trying to get paid.