<p>Do you think it's possible to graduate in 3 years rather than 4 (not dependent on difficulty of coursework but based on credits/core, etc)? I have no qualms with graduating in 4 but I was curious about 3 years</p>
<p>I know a number of people who graduated/are graduating in 3.5 years, but none in 3. It probably could be done with careful planning but I wouldn't recommend it.</p>
<p>I know one person who is planning on graduating in 3 years, but we will have to see what happens. Just because she wants to, doesn't mean that she will.</p>
<p>Thank you for the responses! I was thinking about it but I don't know if I really want to go through with it...I don't know if it would go well...</p>
<p>It can be done. You are required to have 32 credits, which is 5/6 a semester if you do it in three years. Also the thesis process would be difficult and you couldn't study aborad. Pitzer offers some summer courses that you can register for and would help lessen the burden, and make it manageable. I considered it due to expenses, but I decided that I really needed the extra year to study abroad, also my grades suffered when i tried 6 courses a semester, granted I also had 2 labs, so maybe non-science majors are easier. You would definately have to make every class count.</p>
<p>It's possible, but it wouldn't be easy or advisable, and would probably not be incredibly enjoyable. But if it's really an issue, I know of exactly one person who did it, and she was a Politics and IR major (I suppose it would also, in a sense, be true of anyone in the 3-2 engineering program, but I don't know of an example). </p>
<p>6 classes will probably make your grades (and health) suffer regardless of major, and, if all of the courses are taken for full credit, such a schedule will also require special permission. Also, incoming credit tends not to be too helpful in the way of waiving requirements. The exception is if you've taken college courses in high school or in summer school that have transferable credit (not AP). For example, a friend of mine took chemistry at a local college to fulfill her high school science, and this transferred and allowed her to waive one credit as well as her Scripps science requirement. But some schools will allow students with high AP scores to waive all of the corresponding GEs, potentially getting them out of a huge chunk of college...not the case in Claremont (fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it).</p>
<p>Graduating in 3.5 years is not nearly as uncommon, but almost always takes advanced planning b/c most majors (there are a few exceptions, and major could make a big difference in feasability) require a year-long thesis as well as a one-semester senior seminar. I know of many, many people who were eligible to graduate a semester early, and could easily have taken a few extra classes and increased that to a year, if not for thesis. I do know of a hand-full of people who started thesis their junior year or graduated early after a one-semester thesis. I also know of at least two people who graduated in 4 years, but only 7 semesters (time off in the middle). Some of these "3.5-ers" did study abroad, as well! How the administration feels about this and what hoops you might (or might not) have to jump through, I'm really not sure. It's certainly worth speaking about with the Registrar or, if you're enrolling, your student advisor.</p>
<p>If time and/or finances don't absolutely necessitate that you graduate Scripps in 3 years, I wouldn't advise doing so. But if they do absolutely necessitate it, I'm not sure I'd advise coming to Scripps when there are other schools that might simplify the process. But julkendall is right...it CAN be done! Regardless, if this ends up being the route you take, good luck with it :)</p>