Does the extended winter break mean fewer classes?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>When Harvard extended its winter break, did this have the effect of reducing the number of times classes meet over a semester? Or did the fall semester start earlier or the spring semester end later to compensate?</p>

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<p>[Events</a> | FAS Registrar’s Office](<a href=“http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/calendar]Events”>| FAS Registrar's Office)</p>

<p>Harvard makes up for their long Winter Break by having only 1 week off for Spring break in March (other colleges with a shorter Winter Break have 2 weeks for Spring break), and the last day of exams is May 18 (other colleges that have a shorter Winter Break are out about 2 weeks earlier).</p>

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<p>Also, some colleges have a fall break between the opening of school and Thanksgiving, and some schools have longer Thanksgiving breaks.</p>

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<p>Classes? Classes! At Harvard, we don’ need no steenkin’ classes.</p>