<p>chrisd:</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter. She will find that there is no such thing as a typical TPP student except for the fact that most have engineering degrees. It is a very eclectic bunch with a near 50% international representation. A substantial number end up working for the government (one became an astronaut), many go into consulting, 5 became Rhodes Scholars (pretty amazing considering the small size of the program). Graduates are very sought after in the US and the international connections are incredible.</p>
<p>Your daughter should definitely try to meet the founder of the program, Dr. Richard de Neufville, who is still very active even though officially retired. He singlehandledly put together the program thirty years ago. While in the program I was able to take classes at the Sloan School as well as the Kennedy School of Governement at Harvard. Everybody is involved in research. I personally chose the program over HBS and never looked back on my decision.</p>