<p>For those, who are currently RAs or used to do that in the past: what is special about RAing in all-freshmen, all-uperclassmen and mixed dorms?</p>
<p>At least at my school, I’m not an RA yet, but have gone through the training and know a little bit about it. Most of the freshmen live in dorms, which have stricter requirements for programs. While most of the upperclassmen live in apartments which mean fewer programs to plan and less interaction with residents. My school doesn’t have mixed dorms.</p>
<p>Same situation as jessetfan- I’m applying in a week or two. However, according to what I’ve been told, Freshman housing has students who need help adjusting to college, doing well in classes, and dealing with homesickness, along with the regular assortment of activities to plan. While upperclassmen don’t have those problems as much, it is much harder as an RA to get them involved in any activities, or get to know your residents, which is part of the job. Combine the two for mixed halls. By the way, if you are applying to be an RA, NEVER use the word dorms. The connotations of the word for those interviewing you are incredibly bad. The proper term is residential hall- Res Hall for short. We got this drilled into us in the class I took prior to applying- we would get stared at and scolded if we ever used the “d-word”.</p>
<p>Well, Nikara, thanks for letting me know that I am not supposed to use the word “dorm” I didn’t know that before!</p>