Zoe Katz

Who is Zoe Katz?

I am a computer science + linguistics dual degree from Will Rice, with a minor in data science. After a gap year, I plan to go to graduate school (… for linguistics).

L’s Taken ☁️

“Thank you for taking the time to apply BUT …”

- Duolingo </3
- Many many more (but Duolingo hurt the most)

Regrets I have …

- Not planning out my capstone until second semester senior year
- Not exploring more of my academic options — CS is great, but I think I would have equally loved Statistics or Math/Econ

Embarrassing moment …

- Posting 2373610 Piazza posts in COMP 321
- Dropping COMP 321
- Retaking COMP 321

Things I swore I’d finish but never did …

- Proxy
- My 2021 DEEP project
- Breaking Bad

Everyday L’s

- Playing clash of clans in lectures
- Not knowing the answer when students came to my office hours
- Getting REMSed on a morning jog (it was hot outside)

On The Bright Side ☀️

Favorite Rice traditions

- O-Week
- Annual free boba at the Datathon
- Nutty bee 🐝❤️

Things I’ve learned that will still matter in 10 years

- What’s most important is figuring out what parts of coding you enjoy, not what grade you get on Malloc
- Mistakes are good! Failure is good!
- Don’t compare yourself to others, compare yourself to past you

Things I’m proud of that aren’t on my resume

- My Goodreads yearly challenge
- Spending a little too much time on Duolingo

Things I’ve done that have pushed me out of my comfort zone

- Learning to code
- Being an in-class TA
- Advising (and co-advising) (and coording)
- Study abroad