What is the DC Project?

         Every year, the MIT Senior Class is given the opportunity to travel across the country and visit our nation's capitol. During the academic school year, each student completes an essay and creates an original brochure on a monument, site, or museum of their choice. While in DC students may or may not be paired with the same monument/site/museum must work together to create a presentation that includes each person speaking, this presentaion must fit into a 5 minute window. Once finished with the presentation the students recieve a tour of the site/monument/museum. 

How long is the essay and what does it have to be about?

         The DC essay has evolved into a new prompt this year. Traditionally the essay would be 10 pages long and have to deal with the history, architecture, funding, exhibits/events, and any conflict having to do with the chosen site/monument/museum. The DC essay now includes these variables but compresses the information into two pages, the paper should not be longer than six pages as the student now focuses more on the purpose of the site/monument/museum,  the conflicts caused by the site/monument/museum or how it represents the United States of America. Quality over quantity!

What does the presentation have to include?

         The presentation varies on the presentor(s). Traditionally the student(s) lead the group through a 5 minute presentation on all the information they've written about. Students could choose which parts they wanted to focus on and which they wanted to briefly speak about. Though the presenting process is expected to be different this year because of the change in the DC essay.