<p>During my sons freshman year he started research in one group and did this throughout the summer and into his sophomore year. The summer between sophomore and junior year he did an engineering internship. His junior year he started research for another prof and did this throughout the next summer. This ended up being his senior thesis and part of his senior project.</p>
<p>His freshman research ended up getting him full funding at Yale for a phd. His senior research was instrumental in getting him accepted into other phd programs. His internship gave him his full time job he has now.</p>
<p>4 years was barely enough to explore all the engineering and physics stuff he wanted. It was barely enough time to get to have great relationships with his advisors.</p>
<p>I do not know how one would fit this all in in two years…</p>