SPARK! at MIT (2024)
By MIT Educational Studies Program and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
For one awesome weekend, come to MIT's campus to take classes on anything and everything.
~~ Registration closes on March 5th at 11:59pm! ~~
.: Saturday, March 16 10am – Sunday, March 17 6pm.
Classes run from 10 am – 6 pm on Saturday (03/16) and 9 am - 6 pm Sunday (03/17), with hour-long breaks for lunch (both days).
Ages: 12 to 16.
Grades 7th grade through 10th grade.
Registration required
- Specific dates
Learn more at esp.mit.edu/learnspark2024
Spark 2024 Information, Course Catalog, and Registration Page.
Lottery phase of registration ends March 5th, with a first-come first-served phase after that.
Cost
The total cost of attending Spark is $70. We also offer generous need-based financial aid.
- Financial Aid and/or Scholarship Available
Location
- In-person only.
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
In-person on MIT's campus.
Additional information
Spark offers a unique opportunity for you to explore a topic in depth with MIT students and interact with other like-minded students! Check out the catalog and register for classes at esp.mit.edu/learnsplark2024.
Open to 7th through 10th graders, Spark is a one-weekend learning extravaganza taking place on Mar 16th and 17th! Classes — both academic and non-academic — are offered from 10AM to 6PM on Saturday and 9AM to 6PM on Sunday. The program will be fully in-person on MIT's campus!
Spark offers a wide variety of exciting classes on topics like rocketry, global development, throat-singing, nuclear reactors and much more! Classes will be assigned by lottery, and all registrations by Mar 5th will be considered equally, so take your time to look through our catalog! You can rank up to three classes per time block as “priority” and express interest in as many additional classes as you’d like. The lottery stage of registration will closed at 11:59 pm EDT on Mar 5th.
A second phase (the "first-come first-served" phase) of registration will open a few days after the lottery closes, at the same time as students receive their class lottery results. Stay tuned!
Last updated February 29, 2024.
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