<p>Graduate students cannot work as RA's.</p>
<p>runr, when did your son attend USC graduate school? If it was more than 4 years ago, then I'm pretty sure much has changed since then.</p>
<p>He just finished last May. My husband and I visited the frat house where he served as RA, although I refused to go in. My husband told me it was just as well I didn't see what it was like in there (a Sunday morning). My son's duties included monitoring parties down frat row. (Nice work if you can get it.) Remember, he did not inspect the library, so he probably is unaware of a studious element among the student population. Nevertheless, he asserts that the undergraduate scene was rowdier and less academic than at the U.C.'s.</p>