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      Great place to be an RA. - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

      5.0
      9 Apr 2014
      Graduate research assistant
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      Pros

      You get paid for writing your own thesis. Also, you get to go to conferences.

      Cons

      Taking classes while doing research is almost impossible. Also, people don't really have a social life around here.

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      4.0
      7 Jun 2026
      Research scientist
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      Pros

      Great research instute for starting in academia or resume-building outside academia

      Cons

      Low salary; low ceiling for those that cannot acheive tenure track

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