<p>Don’t worry right now if you want to go the PhD route or not. It isn’t necessary unless you want to be a researcher or want a certain pay grade in gov’t work. As you work through your undergrad degree, you can get involved in research projects and find out if that is something you would like to continue. If you do want a PhD, you must have research experience, not internships, to show that you have the capability for it. You would need to be very focused on doing research because it will take you years to do your PhD. You will get funding for it, but you will be giving up salary, contributing to your retirement plan and career advancement and experience.</p>
<p>Something to file away and look at in a couple of years, very useful:
<a href=“http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf</a></p>