Curious in Quant Trading

I have always wanted to work on Wall Street and become a hedge fund manager. Recently, the idea of quant trading is what I want to start out with. What should I major in at college to do this? Is this a good path to becoming a hedge fund manager? What is the pay like versus a normal analyst?

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