Zongyang Lin

High School: Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School, Chicago, IL
Intended College: University of Michigan
Intended Major: Engineering
Facts:

  • Strong interest in improving system design due to challenges he noticed his family navigating in Chinatown and immigrant communities
  • Took AP Computer Science as a sophomore after self-advocating into it freshman year; also completed dual-credit college math (Math 140) sophomore year
  • AP Physics C (calculus-based) senior year — one of his teachers calls him among the most self-motivated students in their career
  • Architecture track at Curie (3 years of Arch Draft Design), giving him an unusual design + engineering cross
  • Active in FTC Robotics (leadership roles), Academic Decathlon, Math Team, NHS, Physics Club, Lumi, CTE Mentoring
  • Written essay uses an FDR/Great Depression lens to discuss leadership under pressure — applied it to a robotics competition; competent writing, genuine voice
  • Lives in Chinatown/Bridgeport-adjacent area
Zongyang Lin