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4.0
1 Apr 2018
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Pros

Harvard is a place that offer several learning opportunities to its employees and great benefits. It also fosters a culture of respect and allows opportunity for growth. There are policies and several resources in place, should employees face difficulties at work or at the personal level.

Cons

The University's decentralization becomes an issue because different schools within Harvard tend to operate differently. There is a culture of idolization of faculty, which leads many of them to abuse their power. There aren't clear resources for those who need career coaching.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

A PhD is always very advisor/PI dependent, but I had a great experience with room to learn, grow, and explore interesting research questions. As with any PhD program you’ll work pretty hard for relatively lower pay and perhaps less directly applicable industry career trajectory at the end, but if you find good people to tackle the journey with and get to work on interesting problems I personally think the journey is worthwhile!

Cons

Less of a program wide cohort in my particular engineering field. Some funding challenges with the govt last year but seem mostly back now, apart from the recent administration issues funding wasn’t generally a challenge

5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Unparalleled academic environment, virtually unlimited resources

Cons

Competitive on many fronts, research somewhat segregated by department

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