"The professor said 'Please exit stage left,'" said James J. Meeks '01.
Only trouble was, Meeks didn't know which side of the room the professor meant.
Despite the complaints about crowds, many said that small sections with good teaching fellows can make even large classes worthwhile.
Seybold said that he thinks big lectures are just part of the college experience.
"If I hadn't come here I would have gone to Colorado University where all my classes would have been at least this big," he said.
Although big classes early in the morning may seem like a good time for a nap, Harvard's biggest classes this semester are nothing to sleep through, students said.
Gregory L. Hart '01, an enrollee in "Justice," said the class was taught "Oprah Winfrey style."
He said Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel walks the aisles of Sanders, handing the microphone off to students around the room