"It's better to go to a class you're actually interested in than to go to one whose professor was featured on "The Simpsons," Aftandilian said, referring to Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen J. Gould, who was featured in an episode of the cartoon last fall.

"Besides, a professor's fame is not a measure of his teaching ability, and that's what's really important," Aftandilian said.

Some current students did not use the weekend for class shopping and said they did not regret it.

"I wouldn't go to classes because at good colleges, I figure they'll all be relatively good," James J. Pasquariello '01 said. "There are so many classes that basing school choice on attending a few of them isn't a good idea."

And according to Shames, even for the most academically-oriented pre-frosh, two days is simply not enough to fully understand the daily grind Harvard students face.

"I'd just tell all the pre-frosh to hang loose," said Johnny J. Lee '01. "What more can you do in three days?"