For one awesome weekend each
November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes,
taught by MIT students, on anything
and everything.
From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash offerings
number over 400 every year and span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a
class on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? All are open to you.
Over the course of 19 hours
during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any
number of subjects—things you always wanted to learn and topics you never knew
existed—or you can dive head first into an in-depth seminar or intensive workshop.
In addition to normal
classes, Splash also offers walk-in activities: hands-on events where you
can show up or leave whenever you want. Walk-ins are great for filling gaps in your
schedule, and they don’t require you to sign up in advance (although you must
be registered for Splash to attend). Frequent activities include everything
from modular origami to plushie making to logic puzzles to ukulele playing.
There’s something for everyone!
https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html
Program Vitals
| What: | A bunch of short classes on a huge variety of cool topics! |
| When: | Annually on Saturday and Sunday the weekend before Thanksgiving. For 2017, this is November 18 and 19. For 2018, this is November 17 and 18. |
| Who: | Students in grades 9–12. [?] |
| Cost: | $40 for the entire weekend of classes (generous financial aid available). T-shirts and food will be available for purchase. All payment will become available after the lottery results are released. |
| Where: | On MIT’s main campus. [Google maps, campus map] We’ve compiled a list of nearby hotels. |
