by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
The last month of the year is usually filled with final projects, essays, and other deadlines. This year, I had a final until the 20th of December and after I got home, I just felt completely exhausted. The days up until Christmas, I have spent them doing nothing but...
by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
The semester is coming to an end and unlike any other semester, it is moving fast. I am not sure how I feel about that. In part, I love being in school with all of my friends, but also I am feeling that academics are being a bit too much. Yet the fact that I am only...
by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
As expected, the first few weeks have been a challenge of adaptability, but I write this from the comfort of a new place where I find peace and happiness. As I have mentioned before in other blog posts, this senior year my friends and I are living in a house not so...
by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
The second act of the spring semester of junior year has reached climaxes on more than one occasion. I keep saying it, but it is true, the amount of milestones that are happening, one after the other, is simply remarkable. So much self-growth. Not that academics do...
by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
Expect the unexpected. Every year, around this time, we have something called “housing lottery,” which essentially allows us to have preference on the times we can choose housing for the following school year. This year, me and my four other friends happen to be just...
