Im not saying don’t become a doctor, dentist or engineer. But these studies require hard math and science courses for many years and usually require taking out student loans unless you have very wealthy parents. As for law, all the young lawyers I know hate their jobs with a passion. And many accountants also hate their jobs or find them extremely boring.
So unless you have an aptitude for the high level math and science courses and plan on going to grad school…. stopping at a BA or taking the social science and humility courses to educate yourself indeed is a stupid waist of time.