Positive experience. - Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

5.0
Oct 4, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging, rewarding. Always top of research. Advisors are great. A lot to learn from peers

Cons

Lot of work. Sometimes repetitive. Long. Need to be passionate.

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