<p>Earlier this week a Brown representative came down to my region and a question was asked, which went along the lines:</p>
<p>"Different regions in the US offer many different opportunities to students, and so does the United States get split into different regions for applicants from different areas?" </p>
<p>The Brown representative responded with:</p>
<p>"Yes, Brown is aware that the US has many different programs and opportunities so we do place applicants into their regions applicant pools, such as South Texas".</p>
<p>The reason why the Brown representative used South Texas as an example was probably because that is where I'm located. I'm surprised that an applicant pool would be such a small area (I was expecting around 5 areas, but if they're all going to be that size then there are probably at least 15 applicant pools). </p>
<p>Do other Ivy League's, such as Dartmouth, also separate applicants into these applicant pools and compare accordingly to other applicants within the same area?</p>