Got a strange email from admissions.

dwcs06
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:32:35 +0000

Haha. My SAT was low, but I took it one year after I moved to the U.S. and I didn’t know that much English then, and also I wasn’t used to its format. Anyway, I think they saw that I increased my GPA (4.0 junior year) and that I am taking all my senior year classes at a community college in a program called running start. Also, I had around 100 volunteer hours, 2 years work experience, 6 years of judo where I won many tournaments, and I think that my essays were pretty good.

Does anyone know how good UCSC’s Computer Science/Engineering program is? I know it’s not quite as good as the one at UW, but I might consider it since getting into UW CSE is very competitive.