About me: Yingbo Shi

My name is Yingbo Shi. I was born in China and spent my first 14 years there. Since I am the only child in my family, I always get the whole attention and love from my parents. When I was 15, I went to Connecticut for high school. The school set me as a listener instead of a regular student because of my extremely poor English. I didn't need to homework, or take any tests. All I needed to do was sitting at the back of the class and listening to the teacher that I had no idea of what he was talking about. I basically spent the whole year learning how to become independent since I relied too much on my parents before. At the end of the year, I decided to repeat my sophomore year there.

When I was four, I started to play violin. Then I fell in love with music. I dreamed to be a musician when I was little. I participated in many singing contests and owned some rewards. I even tried to write some songs. Though I lost them all, I still remembered how proud I felt when I finished them. However, later, I was told by many that it is almost impossible to make a whole lot of money from it unless you are the top one in the field. So I changed my mind, went to Gatech, started my engineering journey and kept music as my most beloved habit.

I am not good at sports. But I played squash in my four years of high school, started from the lowest level and finally climbed up to Varsity. It was hard for me but I enjoyed it.