Brown's statement on applicant limit from a school. Is it true?

BrownAlumParent
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:05:52 +0000

I had heard that there was sort of a quotient in that x % of applicants from a certain geographic region were figured in the who gets in equation (ie one of the best ways to get in would be to be from a relatively small number state, and then have an extra forty people you know with much worse grades and scores apply, and then you had a better chance of getting in! LOL.) I don’t think that is really true having seen some years 0 kids from local top prep school get in and the next year 4/100. (similar scores, grades). There are many more variables than geography, and the only student applying from North Dakota won’t get in if they are not qualified. There are some “competition variables” from extra heavy admit areas: CA, NJ, MA for example. In other words, I think it is a bit harder to get in from those areas from what we hear. But a strict limit, No.