The one word answer to this question (as Shakespeare himself would have said) is - NO! And a two word answer would be It depends.
As a current graduate student I am speaking to you reader from the 'other side'. Before you young'uns getting out of undergrads take the plunge you should know a few facts of life in grad school.
An average undergrad in the eyes of a graduate student.
First you won't be playing with cool looking machines like this -
