u/Cheesedawgchilli

Hello all. Im wrapping up my undergraduate education right now and I am dead set on getting a PhD in the field of Plasma-Material Interactions for fusion applications. I absolutely love this topic and have been doing research on it at my college since i began. I would love to do research at a national lab or join a start up and eventually become a professor. I have seen some things recently that a PhD pigeon holes you into a topic and makes it difficult to earn decent money. I don’t want this to be my reality and inhibit me from finding a job. Is a PhD worth it? I know i would absolutely love being in grad school and doing research, but will i be disadvantaging myself financially? Does anyone have personal experience?

Does anyone have any resources for summer internship housing? Im on a budget and I have been looking for sublets on facebook. I am having a hard time though. Im looking for the dates of 5-31 to 8-8 but was hoping to not pay for the whole month of august.