PhD in biology - PhD Student Penn State Employee Review

4.0
22 Dec 2014
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Pros

Huge campus with lots of resources, including the number of faculties, facilities, different majors. Quite and safe place to stay for scientific research. Many student activities and nice environment.

Cons

Biology PhD program usually doesn't offer rotations and is lack of resources for rotation students. Keep of isolated small town which doesn't offer many job opportunities. Most of the companies in the career fair are not interested in biology PhD. Not very supportive environment for PhD students who are seeking for alternative careers outside of academia.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Cons

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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