<p>Yeah, so the title says it all. I already know that Yale/Brown have it, do you guys know which other schools do and which schools make you preregister for classes? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I think Harvard has it. But most places don't have shopping period. I think it's an Ivy League thing.</p>
<p>columbia does.</p>
<p>MIT makes students preregister, but classes can be added freely until about a month into the semester, and dropped freely until about three weeks before finals, so your preregistered classes don't have to bear any relation to the schedule you end up taking.</p>
<p>can someone please explain what that is.:)</p>
<p>A shopping period is a one-two week period (two at Yale, one at Harvard) where students can walk in and out of classes to "sample" them before deciding on what classes to take.</p>
<p>Amherst has a shopping period.
Don't know about Williams, Swat, Wellesley, etc.</p>
<p>Stanford does have it.</p>
<p>It also has a Stanford Shopping Center:</p>
<p>Stanford</a> Mall</p>
<p>Oops, wrong question.</p>
<p>Harvard and Yale both have shopping periods</p>
<p>Rice does too.</p>
<p>lol, thanks. wow, that sounds great!</p>
<p>Haverford takes it.. you actally dont pick any classes at all until two weeks after classes start. you can go to whatever you want until then.</p>
<p>at BC and many other schools we have add/drop periods that make it very easy to switch around classes within the first two weeks or so and still get full credit and everything.</p>
<p>Every school I've ever attended (4 total) and taught at (4 total, all different from those I attended) has had a shopping period. That includes Ivies, non-Ivies, privates, publics. I don't say it's universal, but it's pretty much the norm. Most require some form of pre-registration but then allow a shopping window of at least a week or two for unlimited drops and adds, provided the course isn't "closed" (fully subscribed).</p>
<p>Stanford doesn't have it officially, but you can freely drop courses up to 4 weeks into the quarter (with no record on your transcript) and add courses up to 3 weeks into the quarter.</p>
<p>Brown has it.</p>
<p>I think most schools let you add/drop during the first couple weeks, but in many cases, classes are already full (filled during pre-registration) so it's difficult to do (although in theory it's allowed).</p>
<p>At my daughter's school, you can technically add/drop but it's exceedingly difficult to do since homework/projects/papers are assigned as early as day 1 and tests are given 2 weeks in - hard to catch up. Thats the quarter system, though.</p>
<p>Chicago does as well.</p>
<p>^^^ Pre-registration + drop/add isn't the same as a shopping period. Similar, but more restricted and fraught with capacity issues.</p>
<p>^^ not always. At schools like Berkeley and UCLA? Yes, capacity issues galore (just pre-registering is a hassle). At schools like Stanford? No. (The 'capacity' on most courses is 999, yet 75% of Stanford's courses end up having fewer than 15 students and only about 4% over 100.)</p>