Question about graduate school and running

running in boston blows from december to march, but harvard has one of the more renown biomechanics labs in the world i hear. i would 100% go to berkley if geographical proximity to home doesnt matter.

I'm a 3rd year in grad school in engineering (decided between Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and a few other places- ended up going somewhere else).

MIT has the reputation of working its students pretty hard, but I'm not sure how true it is. It's really more dependent on your advisor. In my program, I know students that are expected to work 60 hours a week by their advisor, and others that work 35.

In my lab, I end up working about 50 hours/week on average (~9 hours a day, half a day on Saturday). But my advisor is extremely hands-off, and I can basically leave in between experiments to go out for a run.

If you choose Harvard or MIT let me know if you want a training partner. I'll be at Harvard next fall. After taking some time off I'll be hoping to get back into the competitive swing of things again. Not real interested in GBTC or anything, I'm sure I'll be far too busy. Good luck with your decision.