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I completely agree with the sentiment expressed in this post. Too many kids in my school (top-10 undergrad or whatever that means) ended up in banking, consulting, and law school because that was what seemed "prestigious".

However, don't dismiss the fact that there aren't people passionate about finance. I am personally involved in this industry and I hustled since I was in high school to work in the industry. I spent 2 straight years of high school working part-time and full-time summers at trading firms and realized this is exactly what I want to do.

What we need is shut down this "prestige whoredom" prevalent across all elite colleges in America and have graduates try different careers to figure out what in the world they want to do with their lives. Sadly, a lot of the current generation of college degree holders will slave away their lives doing things they don't like doing - not that its different from any previous generation to be honest.