u/TheBrownMuslimGuy

I recently got a fully funded PhD offer from a top US school but I feel nothing. I see people so happy about acceptances at far less prestigious programs, and I am here thinking about deferring.
My main doubt are:

1. Sometimes I felt bored in the lab during my MS.
2. My long-term goal is entrepreneurship, possibly not even in the same field as the PhD.
3. The international student visa rat race scares me. I don't want a decade of career decisions driven by immigration status.
4. I think the main pull toward the PhD is peer pressure and prestige, not genuine desire.

For those who did a PhD, were you certain going in?

And for those who skipped it, do you have any regret?