u/Bubbly-Avocado-5702

I have wanted to be an astronaut since i was a small kid but i feel like the chances of it ever happening are very slim. I do well in most subjects in school and I am willing to put in the work but recently with the ISS getting deorbited and how small the selection pools are, I feel like there's a very slim chance of me being selected to become an astronaut. I'm still relatively young so I have a couple of years to decide if i want to try to become an astronaut or if I should stick with something more realistic such as being an engineer to work on probes and things like that.
I do pretty well in subjects like maths, engineering, science, and some programming and i would just like to know if I should try pursuing this path