YTI Summer Academy Sliding Scale
This information in meant to support you discerning how your family can best balance the needs of this program with the needs of your family.
THE COSTS OF THE SUMMER ACADEMY
The approximate cost of the YTI Summer Academy per scholar is $3500. This figure does not include
ongoing overhead for the program such as administration and yearlong personnel. It is derived strictly
from the operating costs of the academy itself, including dorm space, food, shuttle buses, books, faculty, and summer staff. Funding for the YTI Summer Academy comes solely from donations and scholar fees.
GUIDEPOSTS
We offer the following suggestions to support you as you discern how your family can best balance the
needs of this program with the needs of your family. These are merely guideposts. Your family can
choose any amount that falls between these categories. We know that there are some families for
whom $50 would still be too great a burden on your household. If that is the case for your family, please
let us know.
AT COST RATE $3500
Consider paying this amount if doing so would not create a hardship for your household. You might
choose this rate if you are able to regularly meet your basic needs and have some expendable income,
can travel every couple of years without burden, and have some debt but are able to pay it regularly.
FULL SCHOLARSHIP RATE $50
Consider paying this amount if you have limited expendable income, have little or no access to financial
support from family, have significant debt, and little or no access to savings. We know that there are some families for
whom $50 would still be too great a burden on your household. If that is the case for your family, please
let us know.
PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP RATE $51-$3500
Consider choosing any amount between the full scholarship rate and the standard fee based on a
combination of factors that put your financial situation between the two categories described above.
CROSS-CLASS SOLIDARITY $5,000
Consider paying this amount if you are comfortably able to meet your basic needs, own the home you
live in, have paid or pay for private education, travel recreationally, have access to financial savings
and/or investments, have reliable work or do not have to work to meet your needs, have inherited
wealth, and/or have increased earning privilege due to your race, gender, nationality, or education. This
rate covers the actual cost for one young person to attend the Summer Academy.
THE COSTS OF THE SUMMER ACADEMY
The approximate cost of the YTI Summer Academy per scholar is $3500. This figure does not include
ongoing overhead for the program such as administration and yearlong personnel. It is derived strictly
from the operating costs of the academy itself, including dorm space, food, shuttle buses, books, faculty, and summer staff. Funding for the YTI Summer Academy comes solely from donations and scholar fees.
GUIDEPOSTS
We offer the following suggestions to support you as you discern how your family can best balance the
needs of this program with the needs of your family. These are merely guideposts. Your family can
choose any amount that falls between these categories. We know that there are some families for
whom $50 would still be too great a burden on your household. If that is the case for your family, please
let us know.
AT COST RATE $3500
Consider paying this amount if doing so would not create a hardship for your household. You might
choose this rate if you are able to regularly meet your basic needs and have some expendable income,
can travel every couple of years without burden, and have some debt but are able to pay it regularly.
FULL SCHOLARSHIP RATE $50
Consider paying this amount if you have limited expendable income, have little or no access to financial
support from family, have significant debt, and little or no access to savings. We know that there are some families for
whom $50 would still be too great a burden on your household. If that is the case for your family, please
let us know.
PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP RATE $51-$3500
Consider choosing any amount between the full scholarship rate and the standard fee based on a
combination of factors that put your financial situation between the two categories described above.
CROSS-CLASS SOLIDARITY $5,000
Consider paying this amount if you are comfortably able to meet your basic needs, own the home you
live in, have paid or pay for private education, travel recreationally, have access to financial savings
and/or investments, have reliable work or do not have to work to meet your needs, have inherited
wealth, and/or have increased earning privilege due to your race, gender, nationality, or education. This
rate covers the actual cost for one young person to attend the Summer Academy.
