I'm about to graduate high school so I'm in the same situation pretty much. All I have to say is - damn I'll probably want to go Private Pilot now. SO... basically what I'm getting is that if you become a pilot for a major airline you live out of a suitcase and have no real social life. I have also been researching aviation schools on a website and all of them have like 80%+ Male and 20%-women. I might reconsider the Major airlines and go for the small private jets. Go to a regular college and major in something else. Quality of life is way more important than some job. I want the college experience and don't want to miss out on it. After a couple weeks researching, the article posted above really revealed to me what I was thinking in the back of my mind all along. Being in the air for long periods of time would really take away from your life at home and once you age out of your mid 20's your college experience is pretty much over along with all fun times.

Yeah but my advice for you is to get the college experience-

as for me I dont know:
Maybe I'll go fly a black hawk in Iraq...

Be some kind of private pilot

get a DC-3 and do some coke runs between Miami and Cuba flying under the radar (JK JK)