Yes and no. The job can feel isolating but there are people not in your building who you can build relationships with and fellow RAs as well. What I’ve done is unless they live in my building or they hear from someone else people wont know I am an RA. And this has worked because I was able to have an identity outside my role.

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Nah I had open door and would chill with my upstairs male counterpart “work husband” (non romantic but we just did life together) and had some fave residents. I’d chill at the desk even if it wasn’t my shift, eat in common rooms. Def wanted to be alone sometimes. Loneliness is like eating in campus dining between classes without someone to sit with.

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Socially my first year as a RA was no different than freshman year. Didn’t feel any different other than like maybe a tiny tweak in the way my day goes, it helped I knew most my residents already because they were in my same grade if not older.

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I honestly feel like it kinda depends on what kind of stuff your friend group does. Like for me, a lot of my friends we see each other a lot at work/class/clubs, so my RA job didn’t impact it. But I’ve also worked with RAs who had friends that were like always going out or off doing something, and they felt like they were missing out. Even if your friends are more out and about types, you can always make plans for when you’re not on call, it just requires a little more planning/communication

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Good friends will be there for you. They will come to you and hang out when your stuck in the building. You also have your staff to lean on as well.

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