The audit track has the course materials - all the lectures and other notes. If you follow along, you can keep on the same timeline and learn about startups.

Jarred, perhaps this can be a small help. I organised a group of startup school 2017 alumni in London to do the course together, so we have a large number of ‘advisor track’ graduates from last year in our community. Been in contact to explain the problems you guys are having, a number of them have said they can do weekly office hours style sessions. For us, the structure of checking in and having a group that you’re accountable to is a huge part of the value in having an advisor. Perhaps this ‘advisor lite’ option can help and offer these founders support at a time when they need it?

Are we(in audit) eligible for 10k grant?

Also trying to understand this, because it's unclear how "audit path" differs from: "not applied, will just watch stuff on YouTube"

It doesn't differ. They just named it the audit path so you don't feel as bad about not getting in.

Yup. That's what I believed too.