<p>for certain academic interests, or sports, or legacies, a person specifically assigned to such a section will read that application, i.e. Daniel's field of reading is biomedical engineering major applicants, so he's the 2nd reader (and I got this all from the JHU blogs by the way) ... soo, question, do they have such a reader for race?</p>
<p>Hmmm ... I wouldn't really call us "speciality" admissions officers. And this is not something unique to Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Most admissions staff break down staffs in two ways:</p>
<p>(1) Regionally: Each Admissions counselor is assigned to a specific region of the U.S. (and world) and will be the initial/primary reader of all applicants from schools in those selected states (countries). A breakdown of the JHU staff can be found here: <a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/contact/staff.html%5B/url%5D">http://apply.jhu.edu/contact/staff.html</a>.</p>
<p>(2) Special Interest: In addition to focusing on one's admission region, each counselor is assigned to a "special interest" area and acts as the point-of-contact / liaison for applications related to that area. Every applicant falls into one of these categories and some will fall into multiple categories. These "special interest" are used when we go to second reads of applications and into committee to finalize decisions. Here is a short list of those areas we pay attention to: (in no particular order)</p>
<p>Academic Area of Interest (Nat Sci., Humanities, Soc. Sci., Engineer, Undecided)
Legacy
Athletics
Under-represented minority
International</p>
<p>...and that is just a short list off the top of my head.</p>
<p>As I said initially, every Admissions office does this so that the admitted class will be the most wide-ranging and diverse as possible and meet institutional goals.</p>