MIT has a great community, but often has strict employment regulations - Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Employee Review

4.0
29 June 2021
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Pros

Great community, convenient benefits, geeky culture

Cons

As a fellow, I cannot access any of the part-time or one-time paid opportunities at MIT (for example, teaching positions). They are very strict about this.

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Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

Cons

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4.0
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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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