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> If you truly want to get into research, grad school should sound like a dream (at any school with a decent program, not just top schools). You'd be surrounded by likeminded people, get to do crazy science stuff all day, and you'd push the frontier of knowledge a little bit. It's really the best and most effective way to immerse yourself in the material and become a good researcher.

Are you speaking from experience? It honestly sounded like a dream to me but many who have gone have said that many parts of it really suck because you have to do a lot of things besides research.

[slavik81]

Grad students usually teach so that they are paid, but you're not required to. Classes are required in my program, but only a handful. Your mileage may vary by university.

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What about things like applying for grants though?