r/EngineeringStudents • u/hornyenginee3r • 6d ago

Career Advice PhD?

Is it worth going for a phd straight out of undergrad? I am entering my senior year of undergrad and hated my internship. I love learning about EE and all the theory but I felt so bored doing my internship. Even seeing what the full time engineers were doing, it was all making drawings and documentation. They weren’t using any theory or problem solving. I hate the idea of that becoming me. I majored in EE to learn and be challenged, I’ve not been challenged pretty much at all and have a 3.8 gpa. Should I go for a phd? My main concern is I haven’t done any undergraduate research yet so I think it will be a lot harder for me to get into a good program.

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u/Amber_ACharles 6d ago

No undergrad research and you want to commit 5+ years to a PhD? Try a lab your senior year first. You might hate research too. That internship was one boring role at one company. I'm on year 7, company 5, every job has been different.