<p>Wanted to see if anyone has or knows anyone who graduated from Harvard in two year. Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, people tend to WANT to stay at Harvard for four years. I’ve never personally heard of anyone who graduates in less, especially not in only two. It would require 4 fives on an AP to use Advanced Standing and several AP’s to fulfill all General education requirements, because those could take up to an entire year in themselves. And many (most?) concentrations require classes that build upon each other and couldn’t be taken in the same semester or even year. Furthermore, this would make writing a thesis incredibly difficult… I don’t see how this could truly be possible, but I’m interested to hear what others have to say. </p>
<p>If you are actually considering this, I would say don’t… why miss out on your whole college experience, especially at a place with as many opportunities as Harvard!?</p>
<p>Thanks for your quick response. My sense is you can finish early and go to grad school at Harvard as an option. But for me I am thinking of taking one to two years off to go and do something cool, not sure what, so thinking of accelerating and finishing in two to stay with my cohort.</p>
<p>The very idea puzzles me. I’d have stayed for ten if they’d let me.</p>
<p>I definitely want to stay here for more than 4 years.</p>
<p>If you have taken enough AP courses, however, you can activate Advanced Standing, and graduate in 3 years. Graduating in a time shorter than that is not possible.
[Advanced</a> Standing: General Information](<a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~advising/advanced/general.html#1]Advanced”>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~advising/advanced/general.html#1)</p>
<p>Why don’t you take Advanced standing and a year abroad?</p>
<p>It would be interesting to know how many qualify for Advanced Standing each year and how many actually take it, certainly not my son nor any of his friends. I’d wager it’s a pretty low percentage.</p>
<p>Yeah, the percentage of people who take advanced standing is quite low. I think a lot of people do qualify, but nobody takes it. They said they had changed the point at which they declared advanced standing from near the end of freshman year to (I think) junior year, because they got tired of everybody declaring it and then 90+% changing their minds.</p>
<p>Staying with your age cohort has a value of approximately . . . nothing, starting now and for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>About 1/3 of each incoming class qualifies for advanced standing but very few activate it. Most of those who do, do so to submatriculate into the one year master programs and hence they still remain at Harvard for the 4 years… :)</p>