lty fitting in immediately, but soon immersed himself in the literary scene there by writing for various Princeton publications, including The Tiger, The Nassau Literary Magazine, and The Daily Princetonian (Bruccoli 50-51). He was never a particularly good student at Princeton, and this coupled with his inability to make the football team put a damper on his college experience (Meyers 29).
In November 1917, Fitzgerald left Princeton, without earning a degree, in order to enlist in the United States Army. The nation was in the midst of World War I, and Fitzgerald saw the war as an opportunity for the glory that he had been unable to achieve at Princeton. Unfortunately for Fitzgerald, the war was resolved before he had the opportunity to go abroad (Turnbull 34).
Fitzgerald's relationships with women would prove to be as inspirational for his writing as his regrets regarding Princeton and his lack of action in the war. On more than one occasion, his social status interfered with his romantic entanglements. While at Princeton, he fell in
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