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= History =
[[File:MIT_ESP_Splash_2018_Lecture_Class.jpg|alt=High school students attending a lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland" at MIT at Splash 2018|thumb|220x220px|Splash 2018 Lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland"]]
The MIT Educational Studies Program was established in 1957; in that same year, it started running the Summer Studies Program (SSP), known as the High School Studies Program (HSSP)
Their "largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Splash! |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html |website=MIT ESP}}</ref>, Splash, first ran in 1988 with over 130 students, 22 teachers, and classes in topics like the biology of the [[AIDS]] virus and vector manipulation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tarasewiez |first=Darrel |date=November 6, 1988 |title=Program holds classes for 130 high schoolers |work=The Tech |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V108/PDF/V108-N53.pdf}}</ref> By 2008, these numbers grew to over 2000 students, 300 teachers, and 400 classes. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Verma |first=Aditi |date=November 25, 2008 |title=This Year’s Splash Is Largest Ever |work=The Tech |url=https://thetech.com/2008/11/25/splash-v128-n58}}</ref>
In 2007, MIT ESP alumni founded [[Learning Unlimited]], a [[nonprofit organization]] whose goal is to "make educational opportunities more readily available for all students."<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=About Learning Unlimited |url=https://www.learningu.org/about/ |website=Learning Unlimited |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> Since then, Learning Unlimited has supported the creation of Splash programs at other colleges like [[Yale]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Dana |date=November 11, 2013 |title=Student teachers make a Splash at Yale |work=Yale Daily News |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/11/11/student-teachers-make-a-splash-at-yale/}}</ref>, and [[Stanford]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodríguez |first=Arielle |date=November 8, 2015 |title=Stanford Splash brings hundreds of kids to college |work=The Stanford Daily |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2015/11/08/stanford-splash-brings-hundreds-of-kids-to-college/}}</ref>.
Due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, programs since Summer HSSP 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Quines |first=CJ |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call |url=https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/two-thousand-students/}}</ref> to Summer HSSP 2022 were moved to a virtual format, including Splash 2020<ref
= Programs =
== Splash ==
Splash is an event where MIT students and staff conduct classes on various topics for high school students in the Boston area. It is completely run by student volunteers. Classes usually last between an hour and three hours long and are very diverse. Examples of past classes include
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Splash usually runs over a weekend in the Fall. In Splash 2019, more than two thousand students were registered with more than five hundred classes.
Splash was first conducted in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |last=
The program usually costs around 40 dollars but generous need based financial aid is available upon request. Students submit preferences for classes and a lottery system is used to allot classes to students. A student is allowed to attend as many classes as fits their schedule. Walk in activities and classes are organized. These classes can be attended without prior registration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Splash! |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=esp.mit.edu}}</ref>▼
▲The program usually costs around 40 dollars but generous need based financial aid is available upon request. Students submit preferences for classes and a lottery system is used to allot classes to students. A student is allowed to attend as many classes as fits their schedule. Walk in activities and classes are organized. These classes can be attended without prior registration.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Splash! |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=esp.mit.edu}}</ref>
A famous personality who taught at Splash includes Randall Munroe, the creator of the webcomic xkcd. He wrote the book What If? after being inspired while taking a class at Splash.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garber |first=Megan |date=
== Spark ==
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Classes range from fun filled to academically challenging ones. Spark usually runs over a weekend in the Spring. The program usually costs around 40 dollars but generous need-based financial aid is available upon request. Students submit preferences for classes and a lottery system is used to allot classes to students. A student is allowed to attend as many classes as fits their schedule. Walk in activities and classes are organized. These classes can be attended without prior registration.<ref
Spark was first conducted in 2008, but only started to be targeted towards middle schoolers in the 2013-2014 academic year. <ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - Spark |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Spark/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=esp.mit.edu}}</ref>
== HSSP ==
The High School Studies Program (HSSP) is a multi-weekend program run by ESP for students in the Boston community. HSSP is run two times in the academic year, over the spring and the summer. HSSP is ESP’s first program and has been running since 1957. It runs over 6-8 weeks. Both high schoolers and middle schoolers are invited to apply to this program.
The program usually costs around 40 dollars but financial aid is available upon request. <ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT ESP - HSSP |url=https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=esp.mit.edu}}</ref>
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