Irvin Gomez

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

I could totally be cliche and let the college applicant know that I was in his or her shoes just a year ago, looking for the place where I would spend the next four years of my life and really wondering if I would find the right place. And after looking at various...

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Expectations Pt. 3

Expectations Pt. 3 As I sit in a now deserted library, my self-made calculus study guide being my only companion, feeling the pressure of midterms, my thoughts begin to wander. I think about the people having fun tonight, those who are going out and ignoring the fact...

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Expectations Pt. 2.

The line “The top gets higher the more that I climb” is one of my favorite strings of words and it is a reflection of the environment in which the college student finds himself or herself. As you enter college, everything changes. As I mentioned in the previous post,...

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Expectations Pt.1

This is the first part of a three part blog. It would be a really long blog if put all together and so, in order to not bore anyone, I have divided it into three parts. Last night, tired of double integrals and finding volumes under surfaces, I decided that the best...

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This Is Not High School Anymore…

In all honestly, college seems surreal. At any point now, I am sure that this will end and I will go back home, back to high school, back to my parents and friends. This just seems like another summer program. The fact that my Facebook network reads "Dartmouth '14"...

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Empty Rooms and Carton Boxes

The melodies of The Killers play in the living room as I stand in the middle of my bedroom. Scattered around me lay five cardboard boxes, each hopefully holding everything I will need during my first year of college. The excitement of going to college was suddenly met...

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