Good fun, bright people, lots of sports - Visiting Researcher MIT Employee Review

5.0
Nov 13, 2014
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Pros

Professors, level of research, people, freedom in time management, opportunities, business oriented minds, possibility of taking courses at Harvard and Sloan, many societies and clubs, great contacts, good fun overall

Cons

Groups focused on modelling don't really have great equipment in the laboratories, microscopy is not as good as at Oxford, both XRD and SEM is usually overbooked

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Pros

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Cons

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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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