Amazing resources and opportunities, high pressure environment - Graduate Student MIT Employee Review

5.0
May 6, 2013
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Pros

The faculty and financial resources are better than at any other academic research institute I know of (from conversations with peers). There is (for better or worse) quite a large value associated with the name, and with this comes an expectation to publish in high-impact journals.

Cons

The expectation to publish in high-impact journals creates a high-stress situation, since for the most part the research is conducted in very fast-moving fields.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Good resources and smart people

Cons

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