Resident Assistant (RA)

The Resident Assistant (RA) role is a student leadership position for undergraduate or graduate students interested in working with residents on campus as a mentor, role model, and resource. Responsibilities include helping others, advising, leadership, policy enforcement, emergency response, upholding community standards, implementing the residential experience, communication, team development, administrative tasks, and professionalism.

Qualifications to Be an RA

During the academic year you are an RA, you must:

• Have full-time student status.
• Have been at USC for at least one year or one semester if you are a spring admit.
• Have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA and maintain a 2.5 semester GPA. Graduate students must have and maintain a 3.0 GPA.
• Be available Wednesday evenings from 7:30–9:30 p.m. for mandatory RA team meetings.
• Not be planning to study abroad that fall or spring.

Benefits

RAs receive a USC Hospitality Residential Dining meal package and either a furnished single room, one-bedroom apartment, or two-bedroom apartment in USC Housing. Multi-bedroom apartment RAs have a single bedroom in a shared living space and may share the other bedroom(s) with up to two roommates. RAs in these spaces have a limited period to request roommates.