Best Part time experience - Graduate Research Assistant (Engineering) Penn State Employee Review

5.0
25 Sept 2025
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Pros

I worked in a lab, and everyone was really helpful in making me feel welcome. The work hours were long, but that's just research for you. I learned a lot about instruments and got trained and certified on them over the summer. Weekly review meetings were necessary for me to ask for help since I am too shy to reach out.

Cons

Not a con but a personal thing, the lights here have motion sensors so every once in a while it gets dark and I have to frantically shake my hands or clap.

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5.0
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Pros

Friendly professor and professional staff

Cons

Reassignment can take longer and can be a tedious process

4.0
26 Jun 2026
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Pros

flexibility. I'm on a fellowship I won with a great advisor. It is not so good for others.

Cons

An inherently liminal position with severely reduced benefits.

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