Do other colleges have a "shopping period"? And why Yale?

<p>I love it about Yale, but I want to know if other colleges have it as well.</p>

<p>What else about Yale sets it apart from other colleges? What makes you want to apply to Yale? </p>

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<p>“Brown isn’t the only university to offer a shopping period – other schools with shopping periods include Harvard, Yale and non-Ivies such as Pennsylvania State University and Brandeis University.”</p>