I can search through the catalog and Brown is a huge reach for me. I honestly don’t think this means anything
Also, I would say this can’t work for all students since those who didn’t apply for financial aid don’t have that part of the portal at all - regardless of whether they’re in or not…
Same as edszebra. I can search through the catalog, but Brown is a huge reach for me. I wouldn’t look too much into it and just not think about it too much until the 28th 
Agreed, this doesn’t mean anything
what term/semester specifically are you all able to view the catalog for?
so is everybody able to view courses on the portal?
nope, only you guys lucky enough to be admitted!
Brown is a hugeee reach for me but I can view courses when I search for, say, “biology” in fall 2018. I highly highly doubt that I got in
Yes
@skieurope you’re wrong, why are you posting misleading info as a moderator?
I just tried to do it for fall and it says “You are not permitted to register at this time.”
I’m not wrong. The question was viewing courses, not registering for courses. I, as a person not attending Brown, am able to view courses. @lizzy1234
i’m on the APPLICANT portal right now, are you? I can NOT view courses. others can. you’re wrong.
you browse course catalog thru the registration link within applicant portal. i can’t, other can. i get “term is not available for Registration” error messages where others are allowed to proceed and browse catalog.
OK. Apparently some can and some can’t. That said, I would read nothing into not being able to view. @lizzy1234
@lizzy1234
On the applicant portal do you have the financial aid status link?
If so after entering the final aid status you will see 3 tabs. Hit the one that says STUDENT. At the end of the sentence It shows the course search tool.
that’s not what people earlier are referring to. they’re saying they can click student tab → registration → select term → fall → browse courses
i’m blocked from being able to browse courses that way. errors pop up.
others are also saying they see their loans under financial aid tab. i have zero financial aid details like that. it obviously means they’ve been admitted
@lizzy1234 PLEASE don’t read into this sort of thing!!! There are 12 days left JUST WAIT! Speculating gets you nowhere. Same for the people who are obsessing over any little change to find clues that they were admitted. Brown is experienced enough that I am sure they would not let something like this slip through. Don’t give up hope if you don’t have these options, and for those who do, don’t have too much hope, and don’t have very high expectations going in. Brown is a reach for basically everyone. Seriously guys. CHILL (and I say this as someone who has literally no chill and who still cries about her deferral from Brown!).
i don’t think anyone is reading into anything. nobody is processing loans and a financial aid package unless you’re admitted. and registration opening is clearly teasing out admittance
@lizzy1234 Financial aid is separate from admissions. And yes, you ARE reading into it.
And by the way, I have all of these options. I’m pretty sure some of them were there before I was DEFERRED (not accepted!). The loan thing is new but it means nothing. Seriously don’t get your hopes up guys! And don’t stress out if you don’t have these options. Over-analyzing leads to further disappointment. Trust me here.
it’s possible to infer my error messages while trying to browse registration add/drop links do not mean i’ve been rejected. possible still wrapping up decisions? sure, perhaps.
but to pretend a genuine financial aid offer means nothing is silly. and maybe not as significant, but enrollment opening is telling. note the person who has the financial aid loan offer also had their enrollment open the same way as others. it’s obvious this is connected to being admitted