Lots of work, little guidance. - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

3.0
21 Aug 2009
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Pros

I spent 2 years as a graduate research assistant at MIT. The work is cutting edge and there are really smart people everywhere. The facilities are typically good and funding is good.

Cons

There is always LOTS of work to do. For me, there was very little guidance from my advisor/boss so it was a bit difficult at times to figure out what the top research priorities were.

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