Hi everyone,

I've completed my studies in CS with first class Hns. I want to go to PhD but the problem is I'm afraid that I might not be able to catch up with all those new stuff. I'm sure there're many people done their PhD here on this forum. I need a bit of advice from those who has experienced in this kinda situation and how ya guys managed to come up with a decision of whether to give it a go or not. I'm thinking of working a year or two first and then go for PhD. Umm any sort of input would be appreciated since i'm pretty blur here. Thanks all in advance.

Thanks I was trying to figure out how to move my post to somewhere it belongs. Well I don't think I can do it anyway. Yeah thanks for pointing that out. I wish to continue some research based Ph.D in computing. Good point. That's what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid that I might not wanna do Ph.D again if i were to go to work but I need to work first to save up some money anyway I think. Just one thing which makes me a bit confused. Some universities say it's required to take GRE general test in order to do Ph.D and some says it's ok as long as the candidate is a first and second upper class student. a bit confused about those stuff too. Any suggestions would be much appreciated

Thanks for shedding light on me. It appears that I need to do a lot of preparations before going for PhD. After reading all the posts, I think I must have a draft idea about what my research is gonna be before I actually go ahead and enroll the course. Since, I'm currently pretty blur about it, I think it's better for me to go after a year or two after I gained some working experience. Just one last question. What do we mean by research in PhD ? Does that mean we must come up with some new ideas ? I mean something like a human like computer or a computer which can actually play football . Would that be ok if I were to do something based on the current available projects like teaching OS or something like that which has already been done ? Thanks all for helping me out this far.

WOW Thanks all ya guys. Well I think it's better off to do PhD after I've earned some working experience. I feel it's better in that way. Again thanks all for helping me to make up my mind. cheers !

what is OZ ? btw, can anybody tell me what is a big difference between longer period to complete PhD and shorter one. Like patryn33 mentioned some takes 3+ yrs and some takes 6-8 yrs ? Well I absolutely not planning to do sth that takes an awfully looong time . That sounds almost boring just by hearing it but wanna know if there's any difference or not.