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Hello everyone , my name is Nima Baratian and I am an orthodox jew from Great Neck , NY. Great Neck is located on Long Island in Nassau County. I am currently 18 years old and a freshman here at Baruch College. I attended John L Millers Great Neck North High School. I still have that high school mentality as I am attempting to transition with into college. My biggest fear of college was the fact that there was so many new people to meet since there are over 10 thousand students so to me it was a scary place. My whole entire high school consisted of only 900 students.

Originally I was not going to attend Baruch college. I had gotten accepted to one of my dream schools the University of Miami. I went and visited and was about to attend there this year, However one factor caused me to change my mind. This was the fact that I got an amazing job offer from my father to work in one of his five car dealerships and start off as a salesman and gradually work my way up. So due to this offer I did not go to UMiami and instead commute to Baruch everyday. Here at Baruch I have already made many new friends and have a ton of friends from high school and my hometown that attend Baruch, almost 60 of them. I also have many friends who are attending Hunter and NYU so on my breaks I am always occupied and have someone to hang out with.

My two best friends since childhood both go to Baruch and just got their own 2 bedroom apartment in NYC. I usually sleep on the couch in their apartment 3 times a week so my commute is not that bad. I do not need to come all the way from Great Neck everyday. I think I am begining to transition into college slowly and smoothly.

I really like Baruch and am looking forward to a great upcoming year!