Supportive PI - Student Researcher UC Riverside Employee Review

5.0
May 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Finding a supportive professor for whom you can work consistently in a volunteer capacity until they are willing to pay you is not always easy, but I have experienced it personally and have friends who have had the same experience.

Cons

You may not work more than 19 hours a week as a paid student researcher. This means that if a project you must work on requires more than that the extra time isn't paid. Usually, though, with classes on board it is difficult to work 19 hours anyway.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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