Sign Up by Feb. 14 for MIT’s Spring HSSP, Saturdays, Grades 7-12

Opportunities

MIT’s Spring HSSP is a six-week academic program for Grades 7-12, held at MIT on Saturdays, February 23 to April 6 (except March 16), 1PM-4PM.  All online registrations completed by February 14 will be considered equally in the course-assignment lottery, and registrations after that will be taken first-come/first-served until February 19.  The cost is $40 per student (regardless of the number of courses taken) and generous, need-based financial aid is available. Email spring-hssp@mit.edu for more information.  The Spring HSSP course catalog covers many academic and non-academic topics, including these STEM offerings:

  • Programming Amazon Alexa with MIT App Inventor
  • Machine Learning with MIT App Inventor
  • Introduction To Python
  • Deep Learning from First Principles
  • Computer Graphics Programming
  • How to Build a Nuclear Bomb
  • Being Real about Bioengineering
  • A Lot of Meta-Mathematics
  • Algorithms that run the world!
  • The Science of Nutrition: A Microscopic to Macroscopic Exploration
  • Kitchen Chemistry
  • Soil Ecosystems from Micro to Global Scales
  • Next Generation Biology
  • From Neurons to Thoughts: An Introduction to the Human Mind and Brain
  • Quantum Mechanics, with Applications in Astrophysics and Computation
  • Sensational Neuroscience: How Your Brain Understands the World
  • 40 Orders of Magnitude: Selected Problems in Physics
  • The Chemistry in Our Lives
  • Thermodynamics and Applications
  • The Science of Recognizing Good Science
  • Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
  • Social Psychology and Game Theory
  • Economics and Psychology
  • Make Your Own Language
  • Happiness
  • Math and Science Lecture Series