Shopping Period & Dropping a Course
The first week of each semester is a "shopping period" in which students may attend a variety of courses before finalizing their schedules. Students must attend the first meeting of any limited enrollment course in order to secure the spot awarded through the lottery. In the absence of lotteries, students themselves are making decisions about which courses they want to enroll in. As they make those decisions, they add and drop the relevant courses from their online registration via Virtual Bryn Mawr .
Students may also drop a fifth course any time up until the end of the third week of class. Virtual Bryn Mawr will not permit such changes after Confirmation of Registration. Students should come to the Main Dean's Office on the second floor of Taylor where they can fill out a "Fifth Course Drop Form" for their dean to review and sign.
The Deans are available during shopping period to help students who are having difficulties putting together a schedule.
BMC Student Handbook 2011-2012
YEAR AT A GLANCE
Semester II (2011-2012)
January 13
Dorms reopen at 12 noon
January 16
Martin Luther King Day: no classes at Bryn Mawr or Haverford
January 17
Classes begin at Bryn Mawr and Haverford
January 24 and 25
Confirmation of Registration
February 3
Last day to drop a fifth course (5pm)
Last day to declare a class Credit/No Credit
for first quarter courses (5pm)
February 24
Last day to declare a course credit/no credit
for full semester courses (5pm)
March 2
Last day of First Quarter spring classes
Spring break begins after last class
March 12
Classes resume
Start of Second Quarter spring classes
April 19
Student Awards Ceremony (6:30pm)
April 27
Last day of classes: all written work due 5pm
April 28-April 30
Review period
April 29
May Day
May 1 –May 11
Examination Period
May 11
Convocation 4pm
May 12
Commencement
May 13
Dorms close at 12 noon