Is a PhD in Chemical Engineering a risk?

[marvin100]

@juillet

From the looks of it, you’re a high school student, so I would say definitely don’t worry about this now. You can make decisions about whether and when to get a PhD once you get closer to the end of college. You may change your mind about your career goals or you may decide to pursue other things first.

This.

Since about 60% of people who start PhDs in STEM fields end up as ABDs who never finish, the percentage of high school students considering PhDs who end up never even starting a PhD program has to be somewhere north of 95%