Well, yeah, I suppose it was a little contradictory. I was not really evaluating her ability to do a real-world programming task (which, note, is not _entirely_

Well, yeah, I suppose it was a little contradictory. I was not really evaluating her ability to do a real-world programming task (which, note, is not _entirely_ related to some of the stuff one might have to do for a CS degree). With only an e-mail and a phone call to get to know her, I was casting about for some way to evaluate, and ask her to evaluate, whether she had the basics of a systematic approach to problem-solving, or even enjoyed it.