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      4.4

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (4,247 total reviews)

      Sally Kornbluth

      90% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,247 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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      2.0
      Jun 7, 2010

      Be careful in choosing your advisor

      Graduate student
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      Pros

      I have met many intelligent people while at MIT, MIT has great resources, and attending MIT is a terrific line on a resume. Boston is also a nice city in which to live.

      Cons

      I received no guidance from my advisor and had to search outside of my lab for constructive feedback. Many postdocs in my lab were secretive and not willing to share protocols and reagents.

      4.0
      May 26, 2010

      Former Lab assistant in chemical engineering lab.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great community: smart, hardworking, interested, motivated, curious. I loved the people that I met at MIT. Every one was interested in something and the people at MIT love to talk. Even though it is a competitive atmosphere, it is also a very sharing community. Best location to Cambridge and Boston--I loved working at MIT because it was easy to walk home to Central, but just as easy to walk across the bridge and down the esplanade in Boston on a beautiful day.

      Cons

      MIT is full of very smart people. As a lab assistant who did not attend MIT as an undergrad I found it easy to feel discouraged. I had to remember that my work was important, and that not every one is a genius. Hard work is hard and it takes many hours and for me, it took longer than for some of the MIT students I was working with.

      4.0
      May 19, 2010

      Chemical Engineering Summer Intern

      Undergraduate researcher
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      Pros

      Gave a lot of freedom to develop my own experimentation protocol and let me feel ownership of my work. Integrated the classroom with the field.

      Cons

      Sometimes the work in the lab can be monotonous, but it is rewarding when the us significant and meaningful motivation and results come through.

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