College hall-monitor position?

[Kurk]

Someone mentioned that some schools have a position like this available to undergrads in dorms.

Does anyone have experience with who hall-monitors are, whether your school has/had them, and what it entails?


From my basic understanding, you:
- don't allow strangers into the dorm
- report drug/alcohol use

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[efle]

Every college I've ever heard of has dictated this kind of thing (drugs, excessive noise, non-students being let in, etc) to the Resident Advisers/Assistants

 

[sonofva]

My college had them. They would sit at the main entrance of the dorm and field questions and make sure randos didn't walk in. Bug basically they just sat around and checked Facebook and hung with friends. Not a bad way to make a few bucks I guess. Probably could study if you work weeknights.


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[Instatewaiter]

Someone mentioned that some schools have a position like this available to undergrads in dorms.

Does anyone have experience with who hall-monitors are, whether your school has/had them, and what it entails?


From my basic understanding, you:
- don't allow strangers into the dorm
- report drug/alcohol use

This is a good way to get ostracized very, very quickly in college. Being a hall monitor won't really look good for medical school as an EC and you'll kinda look like a douche. I recommend you just go with the flow in college.

 

[Kurk]

I'm not going with the flow if it calls for illicit activities. You'll look like a douche if you act like one. Why would professional schools frown upon it? It's a position which requires responsibility and discipline; both of which qualities a professional needs.

 

[Turkishking]

I'm not going with the flow if it calls for illicit activities. You'll look like a douche if you act like one. Why would professional schools frown upon it? It's a position which requires responsibility and discipline; both of which qualities a professional needs.

Interesting

 

[efle]

I'm not going with the flow if it calls for illicit activities.

Nobody is telling you to drink or use drugs. More like don't be that guy that messages the RA because you smell weed walking by a room. Med schools are averse to people with repeat substance IAs, but it doesn't follow from that they'll be impressed by your desire to be the dorm morality police.

If you want something that might actually impress and show responsibility, go for an RA position after your first year. Then your role also often includes acting as an emergency contact, someone to talk to for those having trouble adjusting to college, mediating disputes, etc. Plus it pays (free housing for a year is worth thousands at most campuses)

 

[ZedsDed]

Someone mentioned that some schools have a position like this available to undergrads in dorms.

Does anyone have experience with who hall-monitors are, whether your school has/had them, and what it entails?


From my basic understanding, you:
- don't allow strangers into the dorm
- report drug/alcohol use

Don't. Your dorm-mates will literally hate your face.

I'm not going with the flow if it calls for illicit activities. You'll look like a douche if you act like one. Why would professional schools frown upon it? It's a position which requires responsibility and discipline; both of which qualities a professional needs.

Let me get this straight OP:

Option 1) Have zero chill --> be hated --> miss out on a lot of what makes college great because no one wants to hang out with you. In return you get a possible EC bump which, in isolation, will have little-to-no effect on your application.

Option 2) Do college --> Get As --> Profit

You might want to reconsider

 

[Instatewaiter]

I'm not going with the flow if it calls for illicit activities. You'll look like a douche if you act like one. Why would professional schools frown upon it? It's a position which requires responsibility and discipline; both of which qualities a professional needs.

First a potted plant could be a hall monitor. This isnt some impressive position. They will notbe some impressive EC.

I'm not asking you to sling dope on the street corner. I am just telling you if you don't want to find yourself alone and ostracized without friends in college, don't be that guy who snitches. Hall monitors are inherently douchy

 

[Instatewaiter]

Now this isn't to tell you that you can't be straight edge. But being judgemental or being a snitch makes you a douche

 

[Kurk]

Well I was going to live off-campus to begin with; it was because of the hall-monitor position that I became interested.

 

[Kurk]

And it's a Jesuit university so I mean...

 

[efle]

Well I was going to live off-campus to begin with; it was because of the hall-monitor position that I became interested.

You only want to live in a dorm if you get to be watchdog for illicit substances there?

And it's a Jesuit university so I mean...

Dunno if you've visited campus yet but plenty of Jessy schools (eg Boston College, SLU) are going to have plenty of illicit drinking/smoking. There are some hardcore uptight schools out there still but they're a minority even among religiously affiliated campuses

 

[Kurk]

You only want to live in a dorm if you get to be watchdog for illicit substances there?

Pretty much. It would be a service to my classmates.

 

[efle]

Pretty much. It would be a service to my classmates.

This is the exact opposite of how they'll view it

 

[Kurk]

This is the exact opposite of how they'll view it

But they'll be thankful later when they don't have a criminal record, STD, addiction problems, etc.

 

[efle]

But they'll be thankful later when they don't have a criminal record, STD, addiction problems, etc.

Because everyone knows the relaxed colleges churn out criminals and addicts, right? Seriously though. Drinking and smoking, and being a brilliant student with your life on track, are not exclusive. See: UC Berkeley lol

 

[jeffk805dent]

 

[ZedsDed]

But they'll be thankful later when they don't have a criminal record, STD, addiction problems, etc.

7/10 Strong effort

 

[Instatewaiter]

But they'll be thankful later when they don't have a criminal record, STD, addiction problems, etc.

I can't tell if you are really that naive or a decent troll...