Graduate Research Assistant - Anonymous employee Virginia Tech Employee Review

5.0
Jul 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Positive environment, great community, knowledgeable and helpful professors, and Blacksburg,VA is beautiful.

Cons

As a graduate student, when your lab has a contract with a company, sometimes the students are viewed as cheaper engineering labor, rather than researchers. This can make it hard to focus on studies and get work done on your thesis. However, my professor has stuck out his neck for the students several times.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

- easy work - Flexible timing and can work remotely

Cons

- Assigned a deadline of 2 weeks to grade about 72 or 144 assignments. Should have proper time management skills while managing the academics. Although it is easy work.

5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

The experience was great. The PI was amazing and kind and I learned a lot, definitely would do it again. It yielded great results for me such as publication. I recommend for medical school or graduate school.

Cons

Difficult to justify if you don’t plan to have a research career, graduate or professional school because the pay is lower than other positions available in Blacksburg.

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