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Have you worked in a kitchen before? As has been mentioned here, it's very intense, demanding, sweaty, stressful, and generally thankless. There are no excuses for failiure, and if you have a hard time keeping up, you'll be fired in the blink of an eye. The pay isn't that great unless you have a lot of experience, and you'll be working lots of really early mornings, really late evenings and weekends. But if you really love cooking, you wouldn't want it any other way (well I wouldn't, at least).
Keep in mind that getting a diploma (no matter how prestigious the school is) is only a small step towards a successful culinary career. It takes years to build the practical skills that you'll need to succeed. And no diploma can give you a passion for food.
There are lots of other culinary jobs worth considering as well. Private catering, working in an upscale hotel or convention center, institutional food services (hospitals, schools, etc) to name a couple.
I hope this hasn't scared you off of what I've found to be an exceptionally rewarding career. If you haven't before, get a kitchen job (even as a dishwasher if you have to) and see what it's like first hand.
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