 Hi, my name is Rand. I'm a new student. My name is Erin James. I am a braar, a student at the American University of Sharjah. Orientation week has been amazing. There are a lot of volunteers and peer leaders to help us freshmen yet registered in tour courses. I learned from all of the presentations that they gave us and the tours that if you put something in your mind, you go for it and work hard on it, you'll succeed easily. This is our life. If you think that you're going to feel homesick, the first step I took in years, I was like, what if I'm going to feel homesick? But actually, you feel like home. Hang out at the student center where something is always happening. This is where you will make lifelong friends and eat delicious food. And here at the sports complex, where we work off all the food. Advice for incoming freshmen is don't be afraid to talk to people. Everybody here in the U.S. is super friendly. There are people like from all around the world and they're all nice. Even if you think that you're not going to blend in, it's going to be easy to blend in. This orientation week has been fun. From movie nights to Sharjah tour and Dubai tours to hanging out with new friends. It's a fun and awesome experience. You're going to feel confident and like, oh yeah, this is my place. And eventually you're going to find your group of people. Thank you for choosing AUS. Check out our website at aus.edu.