Application Process

How to Apply to PSJP

The application for the summer of 2025 is now closed. We are no longer accepting new applicants. 

If you are a 9th or 10th grade student and would like to be notified when the application opens in future years, join our mailing list.

Students apply in the winter-spring of their junior year and participate in the program during the summer following their junior year through the end of their senior year. No exceptions will be made for students in any other grades. 

2025 Summer Program Dates: The Princeton Summer Journalism Program will run a multi-week, hybrid summer intensive beginning with online workshops during the week of July 1 and culminating in a 10-day residential experience on Princeton's campus Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, Aug 3.

Students complete three rounds to apply for PSJP. Details for each round are below.

Application Rounds 1, 2, and 3