Good research experience in a field that interested me - Undergraduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

4.0
9 Apr 2019
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Pros

- extremely fun yet hardworking lab culture in the two labs I spent time in - exposure to some of best researchers in their field - real research experience; it was demanding, but in a way that helped me understand what research is really like

Cons

- extremely poor compensation; given minimum wage for skilled positions - occasionally unreasonable expectations from reporting supervisors

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