“Higher education is moving in the direction of having gender inclusive housing,” Juliana shared. Started to move in a direction where people of different genders can room together, whether that be a girl rooming with a boy she’s asked to room with, a boy and his non-binary partner rooming together, etc. Many colleges do stick with putting folks of the same gender into a room together as a default, and some do adhere to that rule closely in thinking about the comfort of students. You can request to live with your best friend, someone you met at an Open House,Īnyone–but they need to request you, too, so that the HRL team knows that you both consent to live together.Īnd sometimes, that means that you can house with someone with a different gender identity than you. “Every college I’ve ever heard about has the opportunity for incoming and current students to request who their roommates are,” Juliana explained. And don’t let your parents fill it out for you.” This section is meant to help folks like Juliana place you with a roommate who you can befriend, and if you don’t tell the truth about yourself, you might not be paired with someone you like or can live with, which makes for a long, miserable year.īut that’s not to say you can’t dorm with someone you already know. Talk about who you are now, not who you want to be in three years. “Some of the best advice that I can give to incoming students,” Juliana shared about the housing preference form, “ you get to the section where you’re talking about yourself and your living habits, be honest. But most importantly, they tell the Housing and Residential Life team about themselves so that they can be matched up with a roommate who they’ll get along with throughout the year. They can learn about different dorm options, some which are themed to bring students with similar interests and/or identities together, and indicate their top choices. First, the student will register for housing at the college, and then they’ll fill out a questionnaire about themselves and their preferences. “Right around April or May, will start doing the housing preference form,” Juliana explained. They shared that although housing looks different on every college campus, there’s a general process that takes place once a student accepts the offer of admission and lists that they’ll be seeking on-campus housing.
Juliana has some experience working in the housing office at three different colleges, as an Area Coordinator and as a Residential Assistant. They oversee the dorm buildings in certain areas on campus they supervise students who work for Housing and Residential Life (HRL), known as Resident Assistants or something similar and they are a resource for any college student living on-campus for whatever residential needs the student might have.
An Area Coordinator is part of the Housing and Residential Life (HRL) Office on a college campus. This week’s guest is Juliana Burch, an Area Coordinator at Champlain College in Burlington, VT. Today’s episode of The College Access Chronicles included the joke, Why was the student who was always late a perfect candidate for a fraternity? and tune into two weeks from now to learn the punchline in our next episode.
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They share with us about what the move-in process is like on a college campus, how to live with roommates, and what it’s like to live in a college dorm, as well as get a little sentimental about when they first moved into college and met their best friends. In this episode of The College Access Chronicles, we talk with Juliana Burch, who is an Area Coordinator at Champlain College in Burlington, VT.
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