<p>Oh, I think it’s those who are most unfamiliar with what money looks like who buy into this mistaken belief that if you drive down the street in (insert whatever moneyed locale you prefer), that all the people in those households a) went to top / elite schools and / or b) are doctors, lawyers, engineers, or bankers. Big, big world out there, lots of different occupations, and there’s simply no need for a student not otherwise interested in STEM to force himself into it under the fear that he’ll be penniless if he doesn’t.</p>