How feasible is it to get a PHD in astrophysics?

Hi, I am currently a 3rd year physics student with a GPA of 3.5 and I've come to realize that my true interests lie in Astrophysics. The problem I'm facing is that a PHD in this type of physics seems incredibly competitive and that only "geniuses" are able to get accepted and do well in it.


So, how feasible is it to get a PHD in astrophysics?


Thanks in advance|||Very feasible if you are motivated. Your GPA is adequate, but realize that graduate school is about twice as hard as undergraduate school. This is not an exaggeration, if you can comfortably get all your current work done and have about 20-40 hours of free waking time available, then you can probably handle graduate school. If most of your waking time is spent keeping up, then graduate school may be too much.





Do a lot of research as to which colleges have PhD programs in Astrophysics. You may have to move to a different area to get into a program that will accept you.





Now, a PhD in Astrophysics is one thing, doing something with it is completely different. Do you see what careers are available that utilize Astrophysics the way you want to use it? If it's in the academic circle, you'd better be one of those "geniuses" or you may have to start out as a narrator at a local planetarium, that's not a put-down, it's just reality. Good luck.