<p>romanigypsyeyes–they didn’t contact the parents, they made the RA’s aware that a student on their floor was not engaging in school and the RA’s were asked to check on that student–that is part of the job of an RA. It’s not creepy, it’s being a caring, responsible institution and like I said, I bet if you asked any college your child attends how they make sure freshman are adjusting to college, they would have a similar process.</p>
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<p>Yes and Yes! :D</p>
<p>UT was also where I developed a nasty caffeine habit. Unfortunately, at the time I was a full-fledged adult so no one took any interest in the fact that I was walking around with a buzz on from 9 a.m. until well past midnight. I promise this is my last off-topic post (on this thread).</p>
<p>mn, it’s not the RA’s job either. I see it is a violation of privacy. They don’t need to know when I eat or how often. Even now that I’m in an apartment, I often only eat once a day. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t go to that school. That’s all.</p>
<p>It IS the job of an RA to make sure the kids on their floor are doing ok—why have RA’s then??? Again, we are talking about NEW FRESHMAN, not seniors in off campus apartments…</p>
<p>It isn’t that you are eating once a day that they are checking, it is that you are going to the dining hall on occasion. They don’t know what you eat, just that you had your card swiped to get into the dining hall–that is what is important. The dining halls are mostly buffet style anyway–they have no idea that you eat ice cream or a salad at every meal. They are checking to see that you are not sitting in your dorm room depressed because you are shy and don’t know how to reach out to people.</p>
<p>It’s not the RA’s job to monitor my eating habits (sorry, DINING ROOM habits)! It’s the RA’s job to assist when asked, to try to facilitate community relations, etc but it is NOT their job to be my babysitter. What you’re describing goes way too far IMO.</p>
<p>mncollege… how do the RA’s even get access to the dining account? at son’s college his campus dining card is an account that requires a password? that would trouble me</p>
<p>On a lighter note: RUNZAS!!!</p>
<p>We lived in Omaha long ago, got our visiting family members hooked on the things, and spent years lugging bags of Runzas with us whenever we went back home.</p>
<p>I miss Runzas.</p>
<p>parent56–they don’t, did you read what I wrote. The director of housing, who is in charge of the RA staff, has access. If they spot a trend that indicates a student isn’t engaging in school, they notify the RA to check on that student and that might be just watching from a distance to see if that student is sitting in his room with the door closed all the time and maybe needs a casual–Hey, Joe, we are heading down for lunch, come with us or that his parents and grandparents have sent him so much food in care packages that he doesn’t need to go to the dining hall and half the dorm is in his room playing X-box trying to help him eat the food.</p>
<p>ok, so same question…how does the director of housing have access to a password protected account? just a question… i guess if your child’s school does it, that is fine…just know my son’s doesnt so wondered how it was done?</p>
<p>“The director of housing, who is in charge of the RA staff, has access. If they spot a trend that indicates a student isn’t engaging in school, they notify the RA to check on that student and that might be just watching from a distance to see if that student is sitting in his room with the door closed all the time and maybe needs a casual–Hey, Joe, we are heading down for lunch, come with us or that his parents and grandparents have sent him so much food in care packages that he doesn’t need to go to the dining hall and half the dorm is in his room playing X-box trying to help him eat the food.” </p>
<p>why dont you tell us which STATE school you are talking about. That might lend some credibility to your posts.</p>
<p>parent56–do you really think that certain people at your child’s school do not have access to everything about your child-grades, social security number, meal account balance, etc.?? They have access because they can look those things up on their computers with their passwords. Not unlike your boss has access to every single email you get and receive at work.</p>
<p>the individual school has no relevance. Call your child’s school and ask what procedures they have in place to monitor that freshman are adjusting to college.</p>
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<p>What really, really bothers me is that someone else is making the determination of what counts as “participating in school”. It’s almost $9 to eat at the caf if you don’t have a meal plan. At nearly every one of our events (I am involved in theater and some clubs), we either order pizza or go eat off campus because it’s so much cheaper. If it were up to how many times my card swiped in, I would definitely be looked at as an outcast or not “engaged in the school” whereas the reality is the exact opposite. I also don’t want my RA keeping on eye out on me because someone told her I’m not eating in the caf. </p>
<p>I’m sorry, but IMO it’s just wrong and I wouldn’t go anywhere that did that.</p>
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<p>Or… you could leave it up to the STUDENT to determine how they’re adjusting and have them discover how they could better adjust to college life.</p>
<p>Having information and sharing it with others…two different things. I would hope my kids’ schools had records of their meal plan accounts as they paid for those. BUT sharing them with anyone else…NOPE…none of their business.</p>
<p>romanigypsyeyes-are you a new freshman to your school?</p>
<p>I’m a 3rd year. I had the same ideas 2 years ago when I was a freshmen and everything still stands as what I did 2 years ago.</p>
<p>I just asked, as others have done, for the name of the college.
You are waxing rhapsodic about the services offered by a college and you wont tell us here on CC the name?? answer the question.
Other posters are not reluctant to name about the colleges their kids went to . My DS went to USC and is now at CalTech, as many CC parents already know. </p>
<p>So once again, which college supplies such loving care to Freshman? Seriously. Others want to know too. </p>
<p>CC is a different type of web forum- Posters on the Parents forum come to share information about colleges and learn from others. So share the name with us-what do you have to lose?</p>
<p>At my public Michigan college, we treat students like the capable adults that they are :)</p>