MIT Educational Studies Program

The Educational Studies Program (ESP) is a student-run academic club in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

[1][2] SSP originally provided college freshman level classes in more traditionally academic subjects like math and science.

By 1969, HSSP grew to attract over 1300 students and 130 instructors, with diverse topics like Iverson Language.

[3] Their "largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza",[4] 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.

[6] In 2007, MIT ESP alumni founded Learning Unlimited, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to "make educational opportunities more readily available for all students.

"[7] Since then, Learning Unlimited has supported the creation of Splash programs at other colleges like Yale,[8] and Stanford.

[10] The program usually costs around 40 dollars but generous need based financial aid is available upon request.

[13] A famous personality who taught at Splash includes Randall Munroe, the creator of the webcomic xkcd.

Firehose and Firestorm are similar events but held at different times: Firehose runs during CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) for prospective MIT Students, while Firestorm runs during Orientation week.

Cascade is a multi-weekend program run by ESP aimed towards high school students in the Boston area.

Students are selected from schools and communities in the Greater Boston area that ESP partners with.

[18] Throughout its years of operation, ESP has launched several programs that are no longer active like Junction and SATprep.