Place with incredible energy and talent - Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

5.0
May 13, 2010
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Pros

Incredible energy of the place, great people, great ideas, lots of cross pollination, freedom to pursue interests, amazing seminars, speakers, and activities.

Cons

grad school is very adviser dependent. some can be stressed or work overly hard. social life is usually self generated.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

Cons

Can be difficult to manage claszes

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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