Being a graduate student is a soul-sucking experience, and the MIT Brain & Cognitive Sciences dept is especially rough. - Graduate Student Researcher bei MIT: Mitarbeiterbewertung

Faculty expect a ridiculous amount; there's little support when you become depressed and fall behind and out of touch (as many of the students I talked to did at some point or other); not much camaraderie and support between grad students compared to other departments I've seen