Graduate Student - Graduate Student Researcher MIT Employee Review

5.0
Oct 15, 2015
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Pros

You get to work with some of the smartest people, on big ideas that might change the world. The EECS department at MIT is very well funded, so most graduate students never have to worry about where their funding is coming from and can instead focus on what interests them.

Cons

MIT can be pretty stressful. People tend to work long hours, and working on weekends isn't all that uncommon. This is especially true around paper deadline times.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic work-life balance and lots of freebies. Join the sailing program! They teach you for free!

Cons

Got hit by the federal cuts. Not their fault but you would think they'd have better savings

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

High quality core facilities and well resourced labs. Countless brilliant colleagues who can serve as mentors and collaborators

Cons

Students and Postdocs are expensive due to high overhead, so unreasonably high productivity is often expected compared to other institutions. PIs are typically stretched very thin. Most departments/labs are very space limited which makes it harder to do safe and productive research.

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