Graduate Student (Chemistry) - Graduate Research Assistant Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Jul 24, 2015
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Pros

The administrative assistants are very helpful and knowledgeable. There has been attempts at improving the program at the department level.

Cons

Your experience will depend largely on your adviser/PI, which can vary greatly. Large turnover rate at the graduate office also makes it difficult to get additional information.

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3.0
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Decent Benefits, Nice Amounts of Time off

Cons

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