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You stay up late wondering about their future. We built the launchpad.
6 AP Courses
EF Coaching
Groups of 5
WASC Accredited
Ages 13-25
You love this kid more than anything. And you're scared.
They taught themselves to code at 12. They can argue constitutional law for fun. But their GPA says 'average' because they lose assignments, miss deadlines, and can't bring themselves to do work that feels pointless. The system calls this a motivation problem. You know better.
They can think at a college level. They can't plan at a college level. Starting a project, breaking it into steps, managing time, remembering what's due. Nobody taught them these skills because everyone assumed smart kids figure it out. They don't. Not without the right support.
This is the one that keeps you up at 2 AM. Not just college. Life. Can they manage an apartment? Hold a job? Remember to eat? You watch them struggle with basic tasks and you wonder: if I'm not here to remind them, what happens?
You've tried the tutors. The organizational apps. The study skills workshops. The planners with color-coded tabs. Every single one starts from the same broken premise: that your teen needs to be fixed. That the planners and tactics that work for neurotypical kids will somehow work for yours if you just try harder.
College is coming. The transcript doesn't reflect who they are. Every semester of underperformance makes the gap harder to close. And your teen knows it too, which is why the confidence keeps eroding.
There's a quote often attributed to Einstein: 'Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.'
Your teen is the fish. School is the tree.
They don't need more tutoring. They don't need to 'try harder.' They don't need another planner, another app, another well-meaning adult telling them what's wrong with them.
They need a completely different launch sequence.
What if someone looked at your teen and, instead of cataloging their deficits, asked: what are you extraordinary at? And then built from there?
What if they had AP courses where the mentor understood that a 2e brain needs both challenge AND structure? What if someone sat with them every week and helped them build executive function systems that actually work for their brain, not against it?
What if, instead of a transcript full of underperformance, they had WASC-accredited coursework that finally reflected their ability?
What if, by December, they had a plan, a mentor who believed in them, and the confidence to execute?
That's what the College Prep Accelerator does.
These aren't watered-down versions. They're rigorous, college-level courses in groups of 5, with mentors who are differentiation gurus. Your teen will work hard. They will learn resilience and important independence skills.
AP courses run 75 minutes per week, 36 weeks. WASC accredited. Every course goes on the transcript. These courses only open once a year.
Your teen has probably never been in a room of intellectual peers who are also neurodivergent. At YSA, they're surrounded by other bright, quirky teens who think the way they think.
With 3+ courses, they unlock the Friendship Social Club. And in the Fellowship program, they pursue passion projects with other driven teens, building the kind of extracurriculars that admissions officers notice.
Executive function coaching isn't a lecture about planners. It's a weekly session with a mentor who helps your teen build strength-based systems aligned with their actual interests. This is fun, gamified system creation where students compare notes each week, learn college-level content, and work toward their own goals.
This isn't 'use a planner so you turn in your homework.' This is 'how are you going to get your podcast live and remember to publish every week?'
Every mentor at YSA is neurodivergent or deeply experienced with neurodivergent learners. They push because they see what your teen is capable of. They support because they understand what gets in the way.
Weekly progress summaries mean you always know exactly what's happening. No more guessing.
"I asked my son if he had updated his online calendar with his new classes. Instead of the usual "I'll get to that later," he said "I better do that now before I forget." I had to put my hand under my chin to keep my jaw from dropping open. Thank you for bringing out the best in him. "
A YSA Parent
After Executive Function Class
"Thank you for helping me get a 4 on my AP Gov test. Considering I would've gotten a negative score if I had studied by myself, you really pulled off a miracle. You helped introduce me to a subject I knew nothing about and somehow made everything feel natural. "
A YSA Student
"Yesterday he opened up his notes program on his iPad and had me speak the list of tasks into the note app. And then he used that to organize himself to get things done. He has had one class, and I already cannot even imagine what it will be like at the end of the semester. Seeing my son manage his own internal world with self-sufficiency filled me with joy. "
Heather
Theo's Mom
"My dysgraphic, dyslexic kid who has strongly refused to write more than a sentence for many years just let me know he wrote an "essay" for class. "It's no big deal, it just took 10 minutes," he said. I don't even need to see it to know it's a huge success. Any move toward ownership of his own learning is amazing progress. "
Debbie
Conor's Mom
"He usually pushes back hard when we talk about social skills and strategies. He gets embarrassed and feels so ashamed. But he actually scribbled some things down in your class. He is exhibiting some very strange, very positive behavior. "
Emily
Oscar's Mom
Your teen has probably had enough of things that don't work. So have you.
Enroll with the payment plan. Show up for the first few sessions. If the fit isn't right, swap courses within the first week. No questions.
If your teen isn't engaged, growing, and starting to believe in themselves by the end of the first month, we'll stop payments, switch courses, or issue credit that never expires. Keep every bonus.
Over 93% of families don't just stay. They add more courses.
AP rigor. Executive function coaching. Mentors who push. All in one pass.
For just $110 to $250 per week your child can have it all annual access
All tiers include annual rate lock. Sibling savings: 5%. ESA and charter funding accepted.
1 AP course + Executive Function Coaching 17% savings over a la carte • 1 AP course (75 min/week, 36 weeks) • Executive Function coaching (~50 min/week, 36 weeks) • Weekly progress summaries • Virtual campus access • Payment plan: 20% down
$3,997
2 AP courses + Executive Function + 1 FREE elective 26% savings • 2 AP courses (75 min each, 36 weeks) • Executive Function coaching (36 weeks) • 1 FREE elective of your choice • Friendship Social Club • Weekly progress summaries • Virtual campus access • Expert Circle live sessions • Masterclass Vault (27+ recordings) • Parent Virtual Village • Payment plan: 20% down
$6,997
MOST POPULAR 3 AP courses + FREE Executive Function + FREE elective + Adulting 36% savings • 3 AP courses (75 min each, 36 weeks) • FREE Executive Function coaching (36 weeks) • 1 FREE elective • Adulting N Thriving course (36 weeks) • Friendship Social Club • Fellowship: Passion Projects • Weekly progress summaries • Virtual campus access • Expert Circle live sessions • Masterclass Vault (27+ recordings) • Parent Virtual Village • Coffee & Connect monthly hangouts • Priority enrollment • Payment plan: 20% down
$8,997
Mr. Sam, M.Ed. · Fulbright Scholar · TEDx Speaker · Founder
A Letter From Mr. Sam
To the parent who stays up late wondering.
I'll never forget Mr. Dunphy.
Grade nine. First day of English class. He held me after. I immediately thought: here's another teacher holding me back because he can tell I can't read.
He proceeded to tell me I was wasting his time and my time. I gulped, thinking I was going to get in trouble.
Then he told me I needed to be in an AP class. That I was too smart for his class.
I went home and cried.
That was the first time an English language arts teacher ever believed in me. And looking back, it explained a lot about my brain. I was in the lowest level of some sections and the highest in others. The asynchrony was there all along. I just needed one person to see what I was capable of instead of what I wasn't.
The College Prep Accelerator is your child's Mr. Dunphy. It finds what they're good at and builds on their strengths, their talents, and the necessary skills they'll need for independence, confidence, and a future they're excited about.
I created the Adulting class 15 years ago because I kept seeing students struggle to launch, and it was so obvious to me what to do. This whole program has been built around that insight.
These students aren't just learning content. Most importantly, they're learning the skills that nobody else is teaching them:
Executive function
Study skills built for their brain
Designing visions for their future
Backward planning from goals
Inventorying their interests and strengths
When you lead with what they're great at, everything else follows. I've seen it happen thousands of times. Let us show you.
College Prep Accelerator
Fall 2026 AP courses (all 36 weeks, 75 minutes/week, groups of 5, WASC accredited): AP Psychology (Ages 13-18) AP English Literature & Composition (Ages 13-18) AP Human Geography (Ages 13-18) AP US Government (Ages 13-18) · NEW AP Language & Composition (Ages 13-18, 2 sections) · NEW AP Calculus AB (Ages 15-18) · NEW Three new AP courses this year. All run for the full academic year and only open once.
It's not deficit-based. It's not "use a planner so you turn in your homework." Our EF coaching builds strength-based systems aligned with your teen's actual interests. It's fun, gamified system creation where students compare notes each week, learn college-level content, and work toward their own goals. Think: "How are you going to get your podcast live and remember to publish every week?" not "Did you write down your homework?" The course runs 36 weeks, roughly 50 minutes per week, in three age groups (9-12, 10-14, 13-18).
Yes. WASC accreditation means every AP course counts as accredited coursework on the transcript. For teens whose grades haven't reflected their ability, this is a chance to show colleges what they're truly capable of.
Adulting N Thriving is a 36-week course for ages 16-18 that builds real-world independence skills. Mr. Sam created it 15 years ago because he kept seeing bright students struggle to launch. It covers everything from financial literacy to time management to building a vision for your future. Gold tier includes this course.
Beyond AP courses and Executive Function: College Prep 101 - Taught By A Professor (Ages 13-18) · NEW College Admissions Essays (Ages 13-18) · NEW Young Scholars Fellowship: Passion Projects (Ages 13-18, 36 weeks) Study Hall / Homework Help (Ages 9-16)
Primarily teens ages 13-25, but Executive Function coaching serves learners as young as 9.
The Double Guarantee. Walk through first. If it's not clicking within a week, swap. If it's not working within 30 days, full credit that never expires. But here's what we've found: teens who have been disengaged everywhere else show up here. Because here, someone finally sees what they're capable of instead of what they're not.
No. If you're here, you're meant to be here.
No. Some of our college prep students are high achievers looking for more rigor and depth than their school provides. Others have the intellect but need EF support to match. The Accelerator serves both because it's built on the same principle: lead with strengths.
A free back-to-school night on July 15 at 5 PM PT. Meet Mr. Sam, float around virtual classrooms, and meet the mentors. Founding Families who enroll by July 16 get exclusive bonuses and an annual rate lock.
The Next Chapter Starts Here
Your teen is standing at the edge of something. They can feel it. So can you. Path one: another year of planners that don't work, tutors who don't understand, and a transcript that doesn't reflect the remarkable person you know they are. Path two: this fall, they sit in an AP course with 4 other bright, neurodivergent teens and a mentor who was once exactly like them. A mentor who looks at them and says, "You're not lazy. You're not unmotivated. You're extraordinary. Let's build the systems so everyone else can see it too." By October, they have a plan. By December, they have a transcript that matches their brain. By spring, they're applying to colleges with confidence. They have the mind for anything. Let's get them launched.
Founding Families who enroll by July 16 get exclusive bonuses and an annual rate lock.
Fall 2026 courses only open once. Small groups fill quickly.
Build the path that helps your teen turn their strengths into confidence, independence, and opportunity.
