A good place to work as a poorly paid post doc if you are self motivated. With the right mentor, once can achieve a lot. - Post Doctoral Associate MIT Employee Review

3.0
Sep 28, 2011
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Pros

Excellent reputation for research, great labs, great collaboration possible with several institutions, hospitals nearby, good resources for starting up a company out of a lab.,

Cons

High cost of renting. Very poor pay for post docs but probably the same as most universities. But extremely poor pay to living cost ratio makes life much harder.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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