Hello, I apologize if I am overthinking with this concern but I was wondering if I would have to add an institution that I never ended up taking courses at? I would assume no, but again I wanted to be entirely certain! I was set to go to one university but ultimately unenrolled before classes officially started. I did live at the university for a week prior for a program they had but I never took any official classes there. I just do not want this to affect me in anyway with my application.
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The tricky thing here, @Marsgalazy04, is that it really depends on exactly the question being asked and exactly how the insitution that you "almost attended" considers things.
Pull up a few applications via LSAC and see whether your top schools ask you to list "schools attended" or "schools enrolled."
If it's "attended," that would fall into the category of "you attended at least one class."
If it's "enrolled," I'd define "enroll" to mean some aspect of "you were there at the beginning of the term, you had paid some sort of tuition/housing bill, the Department of Ed had dispersed loans to your account" etc.
You may also want to contact the registrar at the school in question to see what records they have of your attendance. For example, if you had been there for a semester, there'd be a transcript. If the registrar has zero record of you, I think you can honestly say that you didn't attend.
And even if you do have to mention this situation for a school, it's an easy thing to explain on an addenda. It wouldn't affect your chances of admission!