Irvin Gomez

Seniors..the final stretch!

December and January have flown by. February is soon to leave us as well. As these months pass by, so have college application deadlines. You are now done with all your applications (or most of them, in case there are later deadlines) and are just patiently waiting...

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Fall Means…Summer Internships!

This post is mostly for sophomores and juniors in college. And maybe freshmen as well. I want to share something that happened to me over my freshman and sophomore year, which I wish I would have known about. During the first two years of college, everything is in...

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The Power of Advice

As you might remember, I spent my spring quarter interning in Boston. Being away from Dartmouth for 9 weeks was tough, both on a personal level as well as in regards to the learning that took place during my internship. Of the many lessons learned during my time in...

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Life Outside of Dartmouth

I am in Boston right now, interning at East Boston High School, helping a group of four students through their junior year and helping them get on the college path. For the first time in my life, I have the freedom to take ideas and implement them in any way that I...

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Exciting Stuff

Hey! I do not know where winter term went. I have a week and a half left of classes and then I will be taking finals. The pace of this term is incredible but I am glad to say that I feel that I am on top of things and that my hard work is paying off. I have been...

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The Importance of Recommendation Letters

If you are in college, it is that time of the year when you start thinking about what you are going to do with your summer. In my case, being in the quarter system, I am thinking about what I am going to do during my spring semester. There are many applications to...

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Winter Term, 2012.

If you have read my posts from last year, you probably remember how winter term was a really rough time in terms of academics. Despite my efforts, physics was beyond my understanding and so I had to drop engineering as a major. But all of that is in the past, and the...

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Advice To College Counselors

The role of the college counselor during a student's college process is one of extreme importance. I can honestly say that I probably would not be where I am if it wasn't for the guidance, support, encouragement and patience of my college counselor. It was he who...

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The Importance of a College Visit

For those of you who are seniors, you know that it is almost time to turn in that early decision application (if that is the decision you made). If you are not applying early decision, you still have a bit of time to fill out the application or make a list of where to...

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