<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-421000b0-7fff-e80b-49bd-be4ec1ea5b7e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi ESP Students,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The lottery for Summer HSSP is closing this Wednesday, June 26th (Today)! Summer HSSP is a seven-week program for middle and high schoolers (rising 7th to entering college) that runs on Sundays, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">beginning on July 7th and ending on August 18th</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! Classes are offered in several time blocks from 10 AM to 3 PM.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summer HSSP offers exciting classes such as </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Climate change: Climate action</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Computational Complexity of Games and Puzzles</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sensational Neuroscience: How Your Brain Understands the World!</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/2019_Summer/catalog" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out the catalog here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and register for classes at <</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">> . Summer HSSP is open to students ranging from rising 7th graders through students about to enter their first year of college.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Classes will be assigned by lottery. All registrations before 11:59 PM on June 26th will be considered equally, so take your time to look through the catalog. You can express interest in as many classes as you'd like and rank up to three classes per time block as “priority.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The lottery stage of registration will close at 11:59 pm on June 26th (Today)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and we expect to publish lottery results a few days afterward. After results go live, you'll be able to add and drop classes on a first-come-first-serve basis, until registration is entirely closed on July 3rd.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All students will have a lunch break in their schedule. They can bring a bagged lunch or buy lunch from around campus. There are various places to eat around MIT; see our</span><a href="https://esp-wiki.mit.edu/images/c/cf/Food_handout.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">food map</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more details.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The total cost of attending Summer HSSP is $40, which includes all seven Sundays of classes. Online payment will open during the first-come-first-serve phase of registration. We also offer generous need-based financial aid, and the application for financial aid will also open during the first-come-first-serve phase of student registration.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you this summer! For more details, visit</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/summer.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">our website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Email us at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:summer-hssp@mit.edu">summer-hssp@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have questions about the program.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rujul and Janice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Summer HSSP 2019 Directors</span></p><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9iw_z2q-aEA04ScVR7Paj7FHdkcyfUQ6Y8u34Z1UBKHebRpsHrYFUjnkU-Mpbg6dsQ5VpBrL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