Excellent grad school experience - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

5.0
Oct 5, 2016
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Pros

My advisors are great and give me control of my project, stipend rate is the same or higher than peer institutions in mechanical engineering

Cons

some laboratory facilities are old or nonexistent

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Solid research and great overall experience

Cons

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4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

High quality core facilities and well resourced labs. Countless brilliant colleagues who can serve as mentors and collaborators

Cons

Students and Postdocs are expensive due to high overhead, so unreasonably high productivity is often expected compared to other institutions. PIs are typically stretched very thin. Most departments/labs are very space limited which makes it harder to do safe and productive research.

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