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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=Fleming |first=Tyler |date=April 9, 2015 |title=UNC students make splash with high school students |url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/04/unc-students-make-splash-with-high-school-students |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Tar Heel}}</ref> In order to help conduct Splash events in other schools throughout the country, ESP alumni who had been involved in Splash at MIT founded Learning Unlimited in 2007. Learning Unlimited has helped in the creation of more than twenty similar programs in various schools.<ref name=":1" /> Splash was conducted for both high school and middle school students until 2013, when the program was split. Spark now handled middle school students, and Splash was only for high school students. Due to disruption caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic|Covid-19 pandemic]], Splash 2020 was conducted virtually. Around 500 students attended the program with over 200 classes being taught.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Splash took place Nov. 21–21 with over 500 high school participants. |url=https://thetech.com/2021/12/01/splash-photo-spread |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Tech |language=en}}</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>
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