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Anyone here know of any major/medium sized Canadian universities that offer rez throughout undergrad, or at least for more than the first year? Also, can anyone comment on the benefits of staying on campus versus getting your own apartment? Or is it better to move off campus after the first year?
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i think pretty much all major/medium sized Canadian universities offer rez for all years. They just guarantee space for all the first years and fill the rest of them up with the upper years
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Well, at Acadia it's definitely possible to stay in rez as long as you want, and I believe the same holds at most of the other small schools in Atlantic Canada. At Acadia, after first year, you participate in room draw where you get to select your exact room; and people going into 4th year get to pick first, then 3rd year, then 2nd year. There's a round of that within each building and then there's a general room draw if you want to switch buildings. In terms of larger schools, I think places like Dalhousie and UNB and maybe MUN also have spots for upper years. I know Ottawa has some spots for upper years; I'm not sure how hard it is to get.
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if you apply to be a residence don in your upper years i think that not only do you get a residence spot (obviously), you also get some sort of financial compensation too !
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At Queen's there are aprox 400 spots open for upper years who desire to remain in residence.
Res don/ Social facilitator/ house president/ residence council exec jobs etc all will make you $ and get you a spot.
I've lived on res for all 4 of my years at queen's, it's not difficult.
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CRAZYBUBBA wrote:At Queen's there are aprox 400 spots open for upper years who desire to remain in residence.
Res don/ Social facilitator/ house president/ residence council exec jobs etc all will make you $ and get you a spot.
I've lived on res for all 4 of my years at queen's, it's not difficult. I think I want to live in res too but cannot be a res don and still keep up my studies. From what i understand it is hard being a don. How did you do stay in res all 4 years CRAZYBUBBA? I could do the res council thing as i am student pres now and enjoy it.
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Future Eng wrote:CRAZYBUBBA wrote:At Queen's there are aprox 400 spots open for upper years who desire to remain in residence.
Res don/ Social facilitator/ house president/ residence council exec jobs etc all will make you $ and get you a spot.
I've lived on res for all 4 of my years at queen's, it's not difficult. I think I want to live in res too but cannot be a res don and still keep up my studies. From what i understand it is hard being a don. How did you do stay in res all 4 years CRAZYBUBBA? I could do the res council thing as i am student pres now and enjoy it. Actually, I did residence council for one year (as a house president) and it was ALOT more work than don. Don't worry Don is not an overbearing job. Everyone understands that you are a student and school comes first. How did i get res x4 years? I just applied the regular way x3 and served as house president x1, but i was admitted to rez all four times.
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I keep on hearing these stories about dons being woken up at all hours of the night with drama. That is what worries me about being a don.
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Future Eng wrote:I keep on hearing these stories about dons being woken up at all hours of the night with drama. That is what worries me about being a don. I would imagine you'd get the occasional wake up from either, very drunk loud people coming home from a party/ the bar, or two very drunk people who have gotten into a ridiculous argument only drunk people manage to get into.
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Future Eng wrote:I keep on hearing these stories about dons being woken up at all hours of the night with drama. That is what worries me about being a don. Dons in any given building cycle "on call" nights. Most just stay up late that night watching movies or studying. It's nothign to get worried over.
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how much do you get paid/how? i wouldn't imagine it would be an hourly wage but more so an honorarium type thing? or do they simply give you residence for free (which really wouldn't be a bad deal)?
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Redrose27 wrote:how much do you get paid/how? i wouldn't imagine it would be an hourly wage but more so an honorarium type thing? or do they simply give you residence for free (which really wouldn't be a bad deal)? At queen's it's residence/meal plan for free.
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CRAZYBUBBA wrote:Redrose27 wrote:how much do you get paid/how? i wouldn't imagine it would be an hourly wage but more so an honorarium type thing? or do they simply give you residence for free (which really wouldn't be a bad deal)? At queen's it's residence/meal plan for free. That's a great deal especially since you just do on calls. It sure is something I may do. With my scholarship I might be able to get my university for free. That would be a monkey off the back.
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Dons at Mac have to do a lot more than just on call shifts. They have to plan and run events, hold floor meetings, and spend a lot of time teaching everyone the rules and keeping everyone in line. It's a pretty big job.
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aibrean wrote:Dons at Mac have to do a lot more than just on call shifts. They have to plan and run events, hold floor meetings, and spend a lot of time teaching everyone the rules and keeping everyone in line. It's a pretty big job. Same at Queen's/everywhere.
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Oh god, maybe being a res don for me is not such a good idea. I like to study at least 25 hours or so on the weekends and many hours on the weekdays.
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Redrose27 wrote:how much do you get paid/how? i wouldn't imagine it would be an hourly wage but more so an honorarium type thing? or do they simply give you residence for free (which really wouldn't be a bad deal)? At WLU you get a small stipend, something like $500. I don't think it's worth it.
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Future Eng wrote:Oh god, maybe being a res don for me is not such a good idea. I like to study at least 25 hours or so on the weekends and many hours on the weekdays. I've done residence jobs where you're responsible for staff/have meetings/ address disciplinary issues and still managed to study about 35 hours a week. The money is really good, I would say go for it but make sure that you can budget your time.
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CRAZYBUBBA wrote:Future Eng wrote:Oh god, maybe being a res don for me is not such a good idea. I like to study at least 25 hours or so on the weekends and many hours on the weekdays. I've done residence jobs where you're responsible for staff/have meetings/ address disciplinary issues and still managed to study about 35 hours a week. The money is really good, I would say go for it but make sure that you can budget your time. What the hell? How can somebody study for 25 hours on a weekend?
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Stringer wrote:CRAZYBUBBA wrote:Future Eng wrote:Oh god, maybe being a res don for me is not such a good idea. I like to study at least 25 hours or so on the weekends and many hours on the weekdays. I've done residence jobs where you're responsible for staff/have meetings/ address disciplinary issues and still managed to study about 35 hours a week. The money is really good, I would say go for it but make sure that you can budget your time. What the hell? How can somebody study for 25 hours on a weekend? 25 hours over the weekend means that this person is likely going to kill themselves every weekend for the little studying that they may have missed. That's 12.5 hours a day. This also means that they will likely shun all members of the opposite sex or friendship in general. This should make for an interesting predicament post grad, since grad school will only get more intense.
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