<p>it's me again!! haha. is it possible to graduate from WWS in 3 years? I understand that you apply to WWS as a sophomore. when do I apply if i'm a 3-year candidate, if it's even allowed?</p>
<p>As a 3-year candidate I think you’d apply at the end of freshman year. That said, it’s less likely that you’d get in I suspect, having had less time to put together a compelling application/reason for them to accept you.</p>
<p>Really dude, though I’ve said this before, I can think of few worse ideas than trying to graduate Princeton in 3 years. It justs takes away so much of the potential richness of your undergrad career.</p>
<p>I’m a WWS sophomore. You’ll need to apply Feb. of the first year if you’re serious about applying as a 3-year candidate. The problem I see is, the WWS application won’t include your high school GPA, high school SAT, or high school accomplishments. It’ll only include your Princeton course work, grades, and activities from first semester. How much can you really explore and learn and do in one short semester? Personally, it took me the entire year-and-a-half to figure out that I wanted to be a WWS student. </p>
<p>I agree with 1of42. Enjoy the entire four years. There are many students here who’ve started as freshmen after serving in the army, or after an athletic career, taking a bridge-year, etc. It’s okay to take time to enjoy your undergraduate years.</p>
<p>Yeah; it would be dumb to only spend 3 years at Princeton.</p>
<p>I read cc occasionally, but have never posted until now when I saw this thread. Even if it’s possible to graduate from Woody Woo in 3 years, I’d say that’s an easy ticket to making your life miserable. I have roommates and friends in the WWS, and it’s a pretty taxing major even when you graduate in 4 years. Many of them don’t like it because, by virtue of being a selective major, it attracts the most competitive Princeton students- a pool that’s already very competitive by nature. Consequently, in core WWS classes, when given rough page limits for papers, say, 20-25 pages, there are a handful of students who crank out 40-pagers. Now, you may currently have the sentiment that you’d like to be the next Condi Rice, but believe me, things do change when you get to college. The next time you actually get chill out as much as you do on breaks (and even a lot of times while in school) is when you retire. Be sure you don’t burn out before you graduate.</p>