I will be traveling or otherwise occupied during the online component of YSPA. Can I skip it/postpone it/do it early?

No, full participation in the 2-week, online, directed self-study program is required of all students. We have discovered in the past that students who do not fully participate in this pre-arrival program are typically unprepared for the on-campus program.  Consequently, students who do not fully participate in the self-study program may have their admissions offer withdrawn without a tuition refund, and they would not be admitted to the 4-week on-campus program.