Summer Fellowship 

BUILD WHAT
AI CAN’T.

AI + AP Statistics Summer Fellowship for High School Students — In-Person & Online, 2026

A 3-week intensive for the most ambitious scholars. Master Agentic AI or get ahead in AP Statistics, while shipping real products to real users.

Overall Enrollment1 / 10 filled  ·  9 left
Begin Your Expedition

Limited to 5 spots per track.

July 27th – August 16th

01 / The Thesis

The Sovereign Bet

In a world where AI can build anything, building is no longer the scarce skill. Execution is. Distribution is. Getting real users is. We teach you to learn and think with AI as a force multiplier and do the one thing it can’t: land something real in the world.

02 / The Order

THIS IS
NOT A SUMMER
CAMP.

I

Full-Time Intensity

An intense, monastic sprint like a startup incubator.

II

Collegiate-Level Depth

Rigorous academic foundation. We do not tolerate intro-level fluff.

III

Strict Shipping Deadlines

Ship or vacate. Progress is measured in deployments, not attendance.

IV

Radical Peer Review

Candid, constructive feedback from a cohort of equal ambition and experienced mentors.

03 / The Curriculum

Elect Your Discipline

10 FELLOWS TOTAL / 5 PER TRACK
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Track Enrollment0 / 5 filled  ·  5 left

Agentic AI

Mastery of LLM orchestration, autonomous agents, and RAG. Architect the next generation of sovereign intelligence.

LLM Fine-Tuning & Prompt Design
Advanced RAG Architectures
Autonomous Reasoning Loops
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Track Enrollment1 / 5 filled  ·  4 left

AP Statistics

Master data storytelling and predictive modeling. Understand the hidden calculus of growth and user behavior.

Interpreting Data & Experimental Design
Sampling Distributions & Probability
Statistical Inference (Hypothesis Testing)

The Three-Week Arc

Both tracks run in parallel and converge at joint events each week — every week compounds into a single Demo Day project.

WeekTrack 1 — Agentic AITrack 2 — AP StatisticsJoint Touchpoints
1Onboarding + First ShipData Intuition & Descriptive StatsJoint Kickoff (Tue)
2Agent FundamentalsProbability & Randomness—
3Tool Use & MCP + Demo Day PolishDistributions & Sampling + Final ProjectJoint Demo Day (Thu)
View the Full Week-by-Week Curriculum

04 / The Trajectory

The Scholar’s Ascent

The ROI of intense execution. This is not about academic padding; it is about absolute future readiness.

Tier 0 / The Spark

Identify a Real-World Problem to Solve

Tier I / The Foundation

Absolute Mastery of Track Disciplines

Tier II / The Proof

A Live Product Serving 100+ Active Users

Tier III / The Apex

Internship at Research Labs or Startups for Top Students

Angel capital for top projects

Tuition & Deadlines

Earn your spot early.

Early Bird

$1,750

per student

Apply byJune 22nd
Decisions sentJune 24th
Enroll & pay byJune 26th

Regular

$2,250

per student

Apply byJune 30th
Decisions sentWithin 48 hours
Confirm & pay byJuly 3rd

05 / The Access

Guest Speakers

Fellows gain direct access to practitioners who have built, funded, and evaluated the world’s most ambitious institutions. Not panels — real conversations.

Founders & Operators

Startup builders who shipped and scaled real products — from zero-to-one to hundreds of thousands of users.

Researchers & Scientists

AI and domain researchers working at the frontier. Understand how knowledge is actually produced, not packaged.

Investors & VCs

Angels and fund managers who back the next generation of builders. Learn how capital thinks and what it bets on.

College Admissions

Admissions representatives from top universities who evaluate ambition, not just transcripts.

06 / The Comparison

How We Stack Up

ProgramPriceFormat & IntensityShips real product with real usersInternshipAngel capital
EduQuest Summer FellowshipIn-person AI / AP builder fellowship$1,750–$2,250In-person, full-time, 3 wks
LaunchXStartup accelerator~$6,495Online, ~4–5 wks
Inspirit AIAI exposure + capstone~$1,400Online, ~25 hrs / 2 wks
The Knowledge SocietyEmerging-tech program~$5–6k / yrHybrid, part-time, 10 mo
PioneerOnline builder tournamentFree to enterOnline, self-paced
AI4ALLSelective AI program~$4.1k online / ~$9.8k res.Online or residential, ~3 wks
iD TechTech camp~$1,199 / wkIn-person, full-day camp
Harvard Pre-CollegePrestige enrichment$6,100In-person residential, 2 wks
AP tutoring / prep campAcademic test prep~$380–700In-person/online, a few hrs/wk
built in
partial / limited
not offered

Internship opportunitiesand capital are for top performers and top projects, not guaranteed to every student.

07 / Mentorship Team

Mentors Who Combine Teaching, Research, and Real-World Building

Students are guided by mentors with experience across AP Statistics, AI research, startup building, software engineering, and college admissions.

EduQuest combines university AI education research with startup-building experience. The company began from AI-in-education research at BYU, was selected for Canopy by Founders, Inc., and has research accepted at SIGDOC 2026.

University AI education researchStartup-building experienceCanopy by Founders, Inc.SIGDOC 2026 accepted research

AP Statistics Mentor

Tracy Wallace

Founder, operator, and AP Statistics educator

Tracy founded, scaled, and sold an environmental engineering company in the San Francisco Bay Area before teaching mathematics in Utah for nearly two decades. He helps AP Statistics fellows connect statistical concepts to real business, engineering, experiments, and data-driven decision-making.

Former environmental engineering founder/operator
Nearly two decades teaching mathematics
Experienced AP Statistics educator
Applied statistics in real industry settings

Agentic AI Mentor & Fellowship Lead

Golden Huang

AI education researcher and EduQuest founder

Golden leads the Agentic AI track and facilitates the fellowship. He has spent two years as a team lead in a BYU AI research lab, led research on AI-powered personalized education, reviewed four papers for ECIS 2026, and has research accepted at SIGDOC 2026.

BYU AI research lab team lead
Led AI-in-education research
ECIS 2026 reviewer
SIGDOC 2026 accepted research
Former BYU Enrollment Services employee

Engineering Support

Joshua Job

Technical guidance for student builders

Students get practical support with debugging, APIs, deployment, databases, product flows, and turning rough ideas into working demos.

Debugging and troubleshooting
Prototype planning
AI tool integration
Deployment support
Product polish

What Mentorship Looks Like

Fellows receive live instruction, mentor feedback, technical support, project reviews, and accountability checkpoints. By the final week, students should be able to explain what they built, why it matters, what feedback shaped it, and how they would improve it.

08 / Parameters (FAQ)

What is the expected rigor?

Extreme. Expect intensive days of learning, building, office hours, and shipping cycles. This is a full-time commitment for those who wish to reach the 99.99th percentile.

Prerequisites for each track?

For AI: Logical reasoning and basic algorithmic comfort. For Stats: Algebra II proficiency. We evaluate raw agency and execution over institutional certificates.

Fellowship Format?

Available both in-person and online. High-synchronicity daily standups, live 1-on-1 office hours, 100% personalized learning with AI, and mandatory build sessions ensure zero stagnation regardless of location.

Who is the ideal candidate?

The top 1% of ambitious youth. We select for grit and self-direction. If you require a syllabus to tell you when to think, this is not your place.

Earn Your Place.

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