My Interview with a CC
CC or RA, what ever you want to call them, Community Coordinators are there for you. Amber is the CC on my floor in Farnham Hall and she was kind enough to take time out of her busy day to do an interview with me. She is a super senior at Southern Connecticut State University, after transferring here her sophomore year. After two years of dealing with not the best CCs you could ask for, Amber decided she would go ahead and apply. She went in with the determination to be the best CC she could be. She is defiantly living up to her expectations for herself, saying that one of the benefits of being a CC is “being able to help out freshman and passing down the tricks to surviving college.”
Like everything now a day, to become a CC you must first apply online. Based on your application the school will decide if they want to interview you or not. If you are lucky and they choose you, you must first go through a group interview, then an independent interview. Now being a CC is not just fun and games. Each CC is assigned to a floor and must check up on the residents on that floor. Since Amber is on a floor made up of mostly freshman, she checks to make sure we are making the transfer from high school to college alright. She will answer any questions we have or help us with any problems whether personal or academic. She also has the lovely job of making sure the rooms and common area stay in good order. Every other week there are room inspections where Amber goes through every room on the floor to make sure there is nothing illegal, dangerous, or disgusting going on inside. Besides keeping the floor in ordered, CCs have to plan and attend programs for not just residents in their building but for every other resident at the school. CCs must attend at least one Hall Council meeting per semester and at least one Residence Hall Association meeting (RHA) per semester. It might sound like a lot of responsibilities and that you are not going to have any time to do other things, but Amber is also involved in a number of other organizations and clubs. She is the Coordinator of Community for her sorority; Celta Phi Epsilon, she is a member of Habitat for Humanity and teaches kids to dance, just to name a few.
For all the work CCs put in, they get paid a very fair amount. On top of getting their own room, and their room and board paid for them buy the school; they also get a check of about $200 every two weeks. But it is not because of the money that Amber recommends becoming a CC. Being a CC comes with better benefits. It’s a great leadership role that will look great on your résumé after college, but also its fun. Being a CC gives you the opportunity to meet knew people and get involve in what’s happening at the place you will be calling home for the next few major years of your life. After talking with Amber I am definitely considering applying for a position as a CC for next year.
Before I left Ambers room, she left me with some advice for surviving your freshman year:
· Stay organized
· Get involved
· Try new things
There is one more thing I would like to add to this list; have fun. These years are the time to mistakes and learn from them in order to enter the real world fully prepared for what’s out there. Get lost in a city you no nothing about, get caught in the rain wearing a white T-shirt, fall in love…a lot. Remember how high school flew by? Well college is going to go by even faster, so make the most of the money you, (or your parents), are spending and strive for the “real college experience”.
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