Pricing · Inaugural 2028 cohort

Two programs. Two tuition tiers. No hidden line items.

Final pricing is confirmed during your consultation, after we understand your goals and any aid considerations. We commit to two need-based scholarship seats per Summer session.

Format & Pricing

Two paths. One pre-professional standard.

Summer Institute is the flagship — three weeks, in-person, full cohort intensity. Winter Cohort is the streamlined remote pilot for families who can’t make summer work.

Flagship

AI College Prep Summer Institute

$5,500–$9,000

3 weeks · in-person · Chicago · Summer 2028

Inaugural cohort · Rolling admissions through Spring 2028

90 hours of contact instruction (3 weeks)
1:1 capstone mentorship — PhD practitioner + senior engineer
Demo day presentation to invited faculty + practitioners
Documented project portfolio (code, demo video, written architecture)
1 year alumni network access + quarterly founder office hours
Letters of recommendation (when performance warrants)
Mentor introductions in your child's target field

Final pricing confirmed during your consultation.

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Limited Pilot

AI College Prep Winter Cohort

$1,800–$4,200

10 weeks · remote · Winter 2026-27

Pilot · Interest registration open

All 5 tracks (streamlined capstone scope vs. Summer)
Live group sessions + biweekly 1:1 with PhD lead
Project portfolio + recorded demo
Cohort Slack access for the duration
Letters of recommendation (when performance warrants)
Pilot launches Winter 2026-27 subject to enrollment threshold

Final pricing confirmed during your consultation.

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What’s included

Everything we deliver in the Summer Institute.

The Winter Cohort includes a streamlined version of these — capstone scope is tighter, instruction is remote, college admissions coaching is not bundled.

Contact instruction

90 hours of senior-engineer-led instruction across the 3-week Summer Institute. Daily code review with the engineer who builds production AI for a living, paired with a track-specific PhD lead.

1:1 capstone mentorship

Every student is matched with a PhD practitioner in their target field plus a senior engineer. The mentor relationship continues past program end — for advice, references, and introductions.

Documented project portfolio

A live URL, a written architecture, a recorded demo, and source code that an admissions reader can verify.

1:1 college admissions coaching

Three essay coaching sessions, a mock college interview, a narrative architecture session, and a finished Common App essay draft built around your child's capstone — in Week 3.

Letters of recommendation

When performance warrants. Personal, specific, and written by a working professional — not a templated form letter.

Mentor introductions

Direct intros to working professionals in your child's target field — beyond the assigned mentor, into the broader practitioner network we work with.

Scholarships

Two scholarship seats per Summer session.

We commit to two need-based scholarship seats per Summer Institute session. The application is the same as the standard application; we ask one additional short essay about financial context. Final aid decisions are confirmed during your consultation.

Two scholarship seats per Summer Institute session
Same application as the standard application
One additional short essay about financial context
Final aid decisions confirmed during your consultation

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