Category Archives: Student Post

By Naisha Srivastava In the middle of the turmoil of online school, I enrolled in Spark 2021, my first ESP program. I was ecstatic, but still apprehensive about my classes and the students there. In just a bunch of one-hour sessions, how much will I learn? Will people have their cameras on? Will I enjoyContinue reading “My First Spark”

By Rachel Mirin One of the unique struggles of an online program is navigating through the digital sea of communication. To be specific, when everyone has their cameras off. And honestly, I don’t blame them. I also tend to leave my camera off when most people also have theirs off, because I feel self-conscious aboutContinue reading “Behind the Black Screen: A Silent Struggle”

By Yogashree Kumar This was my first Spark. If you asked me “what is Spark?” a couple of months ago I would have probably had no idea but now i’m so happy that I attended this program. There was a wide range of classes to choose and all of them looked equally appealing which madeContinue reading “My Sparkling Spark Experience”

By Ishani Tarkar I participated in the MIT Splash program in November 2020, and it was amazing (side note, but this is the first time I’ve participated in MIT Splash, so I don’t know how it normally would be). I learned about the history of the American democracy in an interactive class, where everyone gotContinue reading “MIT Splash ‘Review’”

by Mugdha Chiplunkar “What could be worse than online school?” I asked myself, and my question was answered shortly after I moved to a different city – being a new student in online school. For the first few weeks, I was completely lost. I had no idea how to use anything Microsoft, I couldn’t rememberContinue reading “Keeping Afloat in Fall 2020”

by Anonymous I have been attending Splash at MIT since 2015, without fail. I used to come up with my sister, who would attend classes, and my mom, who would teach classes. I got to be a kind of teacher’s aid for my mother, flipping her slides, laying out the candies she would hand outContinue reading “The Next Chapter”

by Annamarie Warnke I am generally a very obedient person. Case in point: during Splash in 2018 and 2019, I attended every class that I signed up for. Even when the class content was way over my head or just boring, I diligently took notes in my notebook or on my laptop. I admired theContinue reading “My Experience Wandering the (Virtual) Halls at Splash”

by Chloe Palmer This was my first time attending a program of this nature, so I don’t have a lot to compare it to, but all in all, it was pretty great. This online Zoom world makes learning a completely different experience. Something I found interesting was how in all these different Zooms, each oneContinue reading “How One Screen Makes a Difference”

by Mike Gordon First, my position on axolotls: literally the most adorable beings on the planet. I love the little smile they have, and baby axolotls look like little toys. The transition to online learning was hard at first but is slowly getting better. Originally it was hard to focus with so many distractions aroundContinue reading “Axolotls Making a Splash”