Times and Dates
Student Registration and Class Change
Check-In Locations
Class Locations
Special Arrangements
Parking
Parents Info
Where To Stay
Food
T-Shirt and Photo

Times and Dates: Splash 2009 will happen November 21-22, 2009, the weekend before Thanksgiving. On Saturday, Splash classes will run from 9 am-10 pm with a breaks for lunch from 1-2 pm and dinner from 6-7 pm, and on Sunday, classes will run from 9 am-7 pm with a lunch break from 1-2 pm. The Saturday evening session (7-10 pm) is for high school students only.

Student Registration: Online registration is closed, but you can always sign up for more classes or for the first time on-site during Splash. If you are a new student, you can register in the Bush Room. Make sure to check the class catalog to see if there are open classes that you are interested in taking. Also bring a signed Medical and Liability form and $30.

Class Change: You can no longer change your classes online. You will be able change your classes at Splash in the Bush Room. At 8:00 am, the classes that are open in the class catalog will be open to switch into.

Check-In Locations: Unlike in past years, Saturday morning check-in is not in Lobby 13; instead, it will be in DuPont Gymnasium, building W32 (100 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139). Students who register online should go to DuPont first on Saturday morning. After 10:30 am Saturday and all day Sunday, check-in will be in Lobby 10, as in the past. On both mornings, check-in will begin at 8:00 am.

Class Locations: Splash is on the MIT campus. In particular, almost all our classrooms are just off the Infinite Corridor, in buildings 1, 5, 4, 2, and 26. You can see a map here. All of these buildings are connected to each other, and students will rarely have to go outside or cross a street.

Special Arrangements: If your child has any physical handicaps, please inform us ahead of time so we can make suitable arrangements (a volunteer to lead her around, or a large-print map for visual impairments). If your child has any other special needs, please inform us. While we will work with your child to the best of our ability, our teachers are college students and are not trained in how to handle children with special needs. As with all other concerns, just email us at splash@mit.edu.

Parking: Parking will be available free of charge at the Albany Garage at 32 Albany Street on the MIT campus for all of Splash. Please be aware that parking is limited. If you need to park your car, try to get to Splash early (around 7:30 am). If you can use public transportation, please do so, to leave parking spots for people who don’t have access to public transportation.

Parents: We are very grateful to the many parents who drive their students to Splash and are generally supportive of our programs. During Splash, we will have a parent lounge with coffee, light snacks and free wi-fi in the Mezzanine Lounge, Room W20-307. We will also be offering a parents’ lecture series by the Scholars Search Associates on topics such as college admissions and raising gifted children. For a complete schedule, go here. We also encourage parents to check out the sites in Cambridge and Boston. A list of popular activities and places to eat can be found here.

Where to Stay: Many students come from far away to come to Splash. It you need somewhere to stay overnight, check out these hotels that Splash has deals with. We do not offer space in MIT dorms for Splash students.

Food: ESP will be serving three meals: Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch. Saturday lunch will be pizza, Saturday dinner will be Qdoba (sandwiches) and Sunday lunch will be pizza. All meals come with snack and drink. There will be vegetarian options available. Lunch costs $5, dinner costs $10. You can by meal tickets in Lobby 10. For details, email splash@mit.edu. If you don’t want to eat Splash meals, check out other area food places

T-Shirt and Photo: Students can purchase a Splash t-shirt for $10. We will also take a photo of all the students in the program at 12:55 on Saturday, which can be purchased for $10. Both can be purchased in Lobby 10.