Winter Term, 2012.

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

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...

Oh The Difference It Makes

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

“Don’t do what you like, do what you love.” Those were the words of a wise senior whose name I do not remember since I heard him speak during the first hours I was here at Dartmouth. During that time of confusion, uncertainty and excitement, I did...

Open Doors Are Always Nice.

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

It has been a while since I felt sure of what I wanted to do. I wanted to become an engineer coming into Dartmouth but after a rough relationship with physics, I decided to close that door and open a new one. After talking to my Dean and to upperclassmen, the best...

I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

College is, in a few words, is a mixture of emotions, conflicts, successes, self-realizations, ever-increasing responsibility and many falls; these very same reasons are why I love college. As I have mentioned before, college is a continuous humbling experience,...

Raise the bar, raise the effort.

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

I have not blogged in a really long time. The reason for this has been the incessant amount of work that this term has brought. Although to high schoolers three classes do not sound like a lot, believe me, three classes are more than enough in a place like this one....