Applying to be an RA this semester and a bit nervous..
Hi everyone! I just joined and I'm not an RA but I hope to be next semester! I'm currently a transfer student at my university and I've been here for a year and this will be my 3rd semester of college at this school. I was going to apply for the RA position last year but I thought I wouldn't have been qualified enough since I had just transfered and it turned out they were looking for a transfer RA for one of the buildings! I was so upset I didn't apply.
But I am this year and I am pretty nervous..
My bf just became an RA this semester since he was wait listed and he is so excited. His excitement has poured into me and I CANNOT wait to grab my application in February.
I'm just nervous! I try to be as involved as I can on my floor but truth of the matter is I live right next to my RA and she hates me. I know it. Plus she is extremely two faced. I can hear her talking on her cellphone in her room and the way she talks about people is extremely mean. For example she did a program on loving yourself and your body for our girls and the next morning I heard her talking on her phone about how all the girls are fat and how she can't believe they go on stage and sing looking fat and ugly (She's a music major), my boyfriend and I have no idea how she got the job and as we can tell from the rest of the RA staff no one likes her(I have a lot of RA friends). She also abused quiet hours everyday and sang in her room loudly at like 2-3am and relay races with her friends down the hall past quiet hours. My other RA was so sweet but she moved off campus. So I know I won't get a recommendation from her but I do have an RA friend (who is not my bf!) writing me a letter when I ask him too. :)
I'm also upset because I know part of making a good impression is that I attend programs and be active. Well my RA stinks and frankly she seems to hold programs when I'm busy or when I have my ensemble concert or rehearsal. So I wasn't able to make it to any programs this semester.
I am tho involved in a club in my school and hold the e-board public relations position where I am responsible for advertising our events (My flyers even got recognition at our Student Govt. Association meetings) and I deal with member conflicts, concerns, ideas and event planning. I hope this position and my experience in it will help me get the job. I've also attended a Leadership Conference over the summer for my club for team building etc that also involved having some of the RA's in our groups working with us. It was so much fun and the workshops and stuff were great. I plan on going again this summer if I don't get the position.
I just really want the job. I enjoy working with others so much and helping and being involved in my school. I just feel like they won't like me. How did your interview go? What do they ask you? I know I could ask my boyfriend but he doesn't think I should be nervous(He's biased anyway lol). Do they hire you based on how long you'll be at the school? If picked I'll only be an RA for about a year and a half because I'll be student teaching my last semester. :(
I don't know why I'm freaking out. I just need a little more self-confidence I guess.
But I am this year and I am pretty nervous..
My bf just became an RA this semester since he was wait listed and he is so excited. His excitement has poured into me and I CANNOT wait to grab my application in February.
I'm just nervous! I try to be as involved as I can on my floor but truth of the matter is I live right next to my RA and she hates me. I know it. Plus she is extremely two faced. I can hear her talking on her cellphone in her room and the way she talks about people is extremely mean. For example she did a program on loving yourself and your body for our girls and the next morning I heard her talking on her phone about how all the girls are fat and how she can't believe they go on stage and sing looking fat and ugly (She's a music major), my boyfriend and I have no idea how she got the job and as we can tell from the rest of the RA staff no one likes her(I have a lot of RA friends). She also abused quiet hours everyday and sang in her room loudly at like 2-3am and relay races with her friends down the hall past quiet hours. My other RA was so sweet but she moved off campus. So I know I won't get a recommendation from her but I do have an RA friend (who is not my bf!) writing me a letter when I ask him too. :)
I'm also upset because I know part of making a good impression is that I attend programs and be active. Well my RA stinks and frankly she seems to hold programs when I'm busy or when I have my ensemble concert or rehearsal. So I wasn't able to make it to any programs this semester.
I am tho involved in a club in my school and hold the e-board public relations position where I am responsible for advertising our events (My flyers even got recognition at our Student Govt. Association meetings) and I deal with member conflicts, concerns, ideas and event planning. I hope this position and my experience in it will help me get the job. I've also attended a Leadership Conference over the summer for my club for team building etc that also involved having some of the RA's in our groups working with us. It was so much fun and the workshops and stuff were great. I plan on going again this summer if I don't get the position.
I just really want the job. I enjoy working with others so much and helping and being involved in my school. I just feel like they won't like me. How did your interview go? What do they ask you? I know I could ask my boyfriend but he doesn't think I should be nervous(He's biased anyway lol). Do they hire you based on how long you'll be at the school? If picked I'll only be an RA for about a year and a half because I'll be student teaching my last semester. :(
I don't know why I'm freaking out. I just need a little more self-confidence I guess.