Great collaborative and learning experience for upcoming robotics engineers (worked at CSAIL) - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

5.0
Oct 21, 2022
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Highly collaborative, friendly lab colleagues High diversity of interdisciplinary knowledge CSAIL has some great supervisors

Cons

Some tight stressful moments with deadlines, not uncommon in academia

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Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

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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