I attended the first day of the TPP orientation earlier today where I was introduced with students, staff, and faculty members. There is a total of 40 students for the TPP class entering 2005. The age of incoming students are between the ages of 20 to 35 while professional experience ranges from 0 to 12 years, with a few who came straight from undergraduate programs. 40% of the students are female, a far cry from SDM (my other degree program) where female represents only 6.25% of the students. Compared to other degree programs in ESD which are oriented more for professionals, TPP is a research-based degree program. One point that was reiterated in the orientation is that the TPP master thesis is research intensive and almost all TPP students get some form of Research Assistantship (RA) during their stay at MIT. The official amount of time required for an RA varies between 20-30 hours per week. Financially, an RA is really not a bad deal considering how expensive tuition at MIT is these days. Tuition is always covered and stipends can vary depending on the research program or department. According to one source, it averages out to about $1,500 per month after taxes. Not a bad deal at all.

8/31/2005 11:38:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

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