If you intend to live on campus regardless of the RA offer, you should apply as soon as you are eligible to apply for housing. 

Yes, the RA role is a one-year position. Anyone interested in serving again must apply, interview, and be re-hired as an RA.

Candidates for the spring semester were identified through our last selection process. We are currently not seeking applications for the spring semester.

RAs must be full-time, degree-seeking Georgia Tech students. Undergraduates must enroll in 12 credit hours and graduate students must enroll in 9 credit hours to serve as an RA for the Fall and Spring semesters. Summer RAs must be enrolled in 6 credit hours for undergraduates and 3 credit hours for graduate students for the Summer term.

No, interest sessions are mandatory to be considered for the 2025-2026 selection process. Candidates must attend one of the 15 interest sessions being hosted October 16 – November 16 throughout campus. Interest session dates and locations are at the top of this page.

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After you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email.

Grades and conduct are checked after the application closes in December, before offers are made in February, and at the end of each academic semester. If you are eliminated from the process due to grades or conduct, you will receive an email from staff selection.

With Hall Director approval, undergraduate RAs can work up to 8 hours in another on-campus position. Graduate students are not authorized to hold both the RA position and other on-campus employment simultaneously.

No, due to the pay structure of graduate student positions, graduate students are unable to serve as RAs and hold other positions on campus simultaneously.

Yes, if the internship or co-op is through an off-campus employer and the co-op is within 25 miles of campus.

GTRI is considered an on-campus employer and has a 40 hour per week commitment; therefore, students are unable to participate in both GTRI and serve as an RA simultaneously.

Please log back into My Housing and cancel your application as soon as you have changed your mind. This will remove you from our applicant list so that you will no longer receive email updates and communication. 

Please log back into My Housing and cancel your application. Please note this will not impact future application cycles.

If you are no longer in good standing academically, financially, or for conduct reasons, please log back into My Housing and cancel your application in the system.

No. If you cannot attend Fall training, then you should not apply. Training is mandatory for all RAs.

Please log back into My Housing and cancel your application. You must be available for both the Fall and Spring term to be considered for the RA position. 

No, we build teams based on skill sets and community needs. You will receive one offer. If you decline, you are no longer eligible for other offers, including the alternate offer.

Any offers that have not been accepted by the deadline will be marked as declined.

If you are offered a position in our apartment-style housing, you can request to pull one roommate into your apartment. That student must have already applied for housing, not be on the waitlist, and you must mutually confirm each other during the housing selection process. If you are offered a position after the room selection process is complete, you are not able to pull in a roommate.

Yes. If you were not offered a position, please contact staffselection@housing.gatech.edu and we will provide feedback on our decision.

The alternate pool is an unranked pool. 

You can email us at any time if you no longer what to be considered for the position. You can also decline our offer if we make you one.

Candidates in the 25-26 alternate pool may be hired any time between March 2025 until March 2026. If you are offered a position, you will receive an email from staffselection@housing.gatech.edu with details on the position and you will be given 3 business days to accept or decline the offer.

We do not consider family status in our hiring process, so you could receive an offer to work in any of our buildings, including FYE or our apartments for single students. If you are only interested in a position in family housing where you can live with your spouse, please email staffselection@housing.gatech.edu and we can add that notation to your file.

If you receive an offer for a position in our single student housing (FYE, undergraduate apartments, GLC, TAH single split housing) and plan to live with your spouse you should turn down our offer and email us at staffselection@housing.gatech.edu and we can put you into the pool for the limited family housing spaces.  

Only current RAs or students that have received an offer for Fall can apply to work during the summer term. If you are eligible, you will receive an email in March from staffselection@housing.gatech.edu with details on how to apply for summer.

In summer, undergraduates must register for a minimum of 6 credits. Graduate students must register for at least 3 credits in the summer. 

The summer RA selection process takes place in March and April. Application links will be sent to all eligible candidates in March, and offers are made in April.

There are 45-65 summer RA positions.

No. While the rent exemptions and stipend are the same, the meal plan offered to RAs in the summer is a $500.00 dining dollar plan and any money not spent during the summer is refunded to the department.