<p>Note, though, that there are multiple admissions officers per region. Moreover, there are admissions officers not assigned to a specific region. The applications are indeed distributed randomly among the various members of the committee. Even if the applicants are in the same “region”, the file is by no means guaranteed to be read by the same person. Those individuals who are assigned to regions are “go to” people if one needs specific help, but, for example, there is no person who reads ONLY New York applicants or ONLY Arizona applicants, etc etc. At the Dartmouth information sessions, they go over this clearly.</p>