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Selective admissions • 6% acceptance

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Your investment isn’t in seat time — it’s in outcomes: an ISEF-ready project, a publishable paper, and brand-level recognition that opens top-tier doors.

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Fall 2025 Cohort

$4,997$2,497
Your shortcut to the ISEF stage and global recognition
  • ISEF-level project built end-to-end with a PhD co-pilot
  • Weekly 1:1 mentorship + unblock support
  • Finish with a journal-ready paper (templates + editing)
  • Competition scripts that convert to wins
  • Media recognition to power college apps
  • Elite alumni network and ongoing community
Seats are highly selective (6% acceptance)
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VIP Fast-Track

$9,997$5,997
Everything in Cohort — accelerated and amplified
  • 2× weekly mentor syncs + 24h async feedback
  • Senior-lead review for speed & quality
  • Custom ISEF-winning coaching + interview prep
  • Direct internship referrals (industry)
  • LORs from renowned founders/scientists (when earned)
  • Real orgs, real impact: directed research
  • Media branding + YRI social highlights
  • Warm intros to industry professionals
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Bring YRI outcomes to your students at scale
  • Guaranteed seats across seasonal cohorts
  • Admin dashboard with progress & outcomes
  • Faculty sessions: research literacy & fair prep
  • Centralized billing & procurement support
  • Optional on-site capstone showcase & press
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Volume pricing available

Why YRI beats everything on price × outcomes

Admissions signal > hours logged. YRI turns weeks into outcomes (paper + wins + media) at a fraction of typical costs.

YRI
$2,497
  • • ISEF-ready project in 10 weeks
  • • Journal-ready paper + media narrative
  • • 1:1 PhD mentor + elite alumni network
  • • Direct admissions signal, not just “hours”
Private Lab Access
$8,000–$20,000
  • • Hard to access, slow timelines
  • • No guaranteed publication or playbooks
  • • Mentorship varies week to week
Pre-College Summer (brand-name)
$5,000–$10,000
  • • Group projects, generic outcomes
  • • Rarely leads to publication or ISEF
  • • Little lasting narrative value
SAT Prep + Counselor
$3,000–$12,000
  • • Boosts scores, not uniqueness
  • • Creates no publishable work
  • • Weaker story than real research

Uniqueness wins

A published paper + ISEF credentials is a decisive tiebreaker. It proves initiative, depth, and impact in a way a test score can’t.

Faster than labs

10 weeks > 18–24 months. We compress “learn the tools” into sprints with weekly checkpoints and unblock sessions.

Story that compounds

Paper → awards → press → interviews. One project becomes a brand you can keep building through college and beyond.

Cost per week
$~250/wk

Based on $2,497 over 10 weeks. Less than many tutoring packages — with far bigger upside.

Scholarship unlock
$10k+

Research awards + publication can unlock merit scholarships & grant opportunities worth multiples of tuition.

Network value
Priceless

1:1 PhD mentors, alumni, and industry intros compound into internships, labs, and future publications.

What you’d normally pay for separately — included here

  • • Paper editing & figure polishing (often $1k+) — included
  • • 1:1 PhD mentorship (market ~$150–$300/hr) — weekly
  • • Competition playbooks & interview prep — included
  • • Media narrative & alumni lift — included

Pricing FAQs

Do you offer payment plans?

Yes — split-pay plans are available for accepted students. Most families choose 2–4 payments across the cohort timeline.

What’s included in the price?

Weekly 1:1 PhD mentorship, problem libraries, paper editing & figures, competition playbooks, alumni access, and media narrative support. Optional costs like conference travel or journal APCs (if any) are not included.

How is this cheaper than SAT + counselor?

Typical SAT prep + counselor packages run $3k–$12k and don’t create a publishable outcome. YRI costs less than many combos and produces an ISEF-level project + paper — a far stronger differentiator.

Can I upgrade to VIP?

Yes. VIP ($3,997) is by invitation after a mentor interview. It adds senior review, faster feedback, customized coaching, internship referrals, branding, and warm industry intros.

Do you work with schools and POs?

Yes. We support invoices, POs, and procurement. Email team@yriscience.com for institutional pricing.

When does it run and how long?

Cohorts run seasonally. The program is 10 weeks with weekly checkpoints engineered for momentum and publication speed.

How selective is it?

We admit ~6% of applicants to keep ratios tight. If accepted, we’re confident you can execute the blueprint with us.

Ready to invest in outcomes that compound?

Seat count is limited. If you’re serious about publishing, winning ISEF, and building media recognition, apply now and we’ll fast-track next steps.

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