A Note from Mr. Santanelli, Kevin's Mentor

Kevin is by far the most hardworking, considerate, driven, respectful and pleasant student I have ever had the chance to work with. As a sophomore, he took on the challenge of an ECE (Early College Experience) course, similar to AP, and excelled. He is able to come up with his own schedule and determine what order his work needs to be done in to meet his deadlines. He has the organization and maturity of a student in the last years of their undergraduate program. When presented with a challenge he never backs down, no matter the difficulty. Kevin keeps As in all of his classes while still managing to play hockey or tennis, depending on the time of year. Honestly, Kevin should be at the top of any program's list of acceptance. Any program would be better having him be a part of it and should greatly regret passing him over.

Kevin is very interested in the discipline of computer programming. He attends a magnet high school for the first 2 hours of his day called Aquaculture in Bridgeport, CT. There he was originally informed he would receive plenty of experience programming and learning the language. Unfortunately, this has proven not to be the case; he has only had limited technology exposure and none of the type of which he was hoping for. Instead, he is left to discover his passion on his own. Kevin researches the basics online using programs that exist for beginners and he has invested some of his own money into a few books. He tries to find time to work on this passion as often as he can, but ultimately he would greatly benefit from expert guidance.