I'm not that smart in school but I think I can get into a college but I don't know which path to take.

So I've been thinking about getting into culinary and maybe travel around the world learning the world of cooking but that travelling part might be too big of a dream. But then I found this on 9gagnomnom account and I found it fascinating. So I went ahead to the original poster page here and my interest keep going up. But I don't know what or which path to take in college to do that.. I don't know what profession that's called... is it pastry? but I thought pastry is mainly cake and not drinks..

My question:

What is that profession called and how do I become that?

and

Is it a good choice to go with that profession instead of culinary plan I said?

Your Opinion:

What do you think I should do in college?

Should I just study and hope for success in the future? My parents said to just apply for whichever college you want and just accept the offer they give and just go that path and hope for the best

or

Should I do the one I state earlier?

or

Do you have any other suggestions?