Today, YES serves students from the third grade through graduate school, though Eisner focuses on the pivotal upper-middle-school years: The kids are old enough for him to reliably evaluate their work ethic and their hunger for knowledge, but young enough that their minds are still growing rapidly.
Or perhaps Sheridan is right, that potential law school applicants should open their eyes, become informed, do the research, and evaluate their personal and professional aspirations before making heavily accountable decisions.