1) Quality of education
2) Intellectually stimulating
3) Money
4) Prestige
5) High prospects (job offers)

That and you get a title of nobility. I should be more specific. It was a title of nobility though I am not sure if it still holds such weight in our country. In English law it was a title of nobility. And, interestingly enough a title held by Ben Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams.

"An Esquire in the above usage was a granted rank and Title of nobility by the king, which is below Knight and above a yeoman, common man. An Esquire is someone that does not do manual labor as signified by this status, see the below definitions:

"Esquires by virtue of their offices; as justices of the peace, and others who bear any office of trust under the crown....for whosever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and who can live idly, and without manual labor, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman." Blackstone Commentaries p. 561-562

"Esquire - In English Law. A title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight. Also a title of office given to sheriffs, serjeants, and barristers at law, justices of the peace, and others." Blacks Law Dictionary fourth ed. p. 641"

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