A Message from John:

“At the age of 17, I was a high school junior at the top of my class. I was academically well prepared to start my college career, and I had only two high school requirements remaining in my senior year. I was a first-generation college student, my family had very modest means, and I was younger than most college freshmen. Going directly to a four-year college was not the best option for me. FMCC’s early admission program gave me the opportunity to begin college full-time while I lived at home with minimal expenses. The academic rigor at FMCC was on par with the courses at RPI, Clarkson and Union. Upon graduation from FMCC, I was admitted as a full junior to Union’s Mechanical Engineering program. (I was also accepted by RPI and Clarkson.) I graduated two years later and then earned a master’s degree from an Ivy League graduate school (Penn).  Everything after that was built on the foundation that I established at FMCC.”