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On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, many colleges now anticipate increasingly smaller freshman classes each year. Surprised by a 40 percent increase in qualified applicants over the previous year, however, administrators at Nice College now plan to hire more faculty for courses taken by all freshmen.
Which of the following statements about Nice College’s current qualified applicants, if true, would strongly suggest that the administrators’ plan is flawed?
(A) A substantially higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from college.
(B) According to their applications, their level of participation in extracurricular activities and varsity sports is unusually high.
(C) According to their applications, none of them lives in a foreign country.
(D) A substantially lower percentage than usual rate Nice College as their first choice among the colleges to which they are applying.
(E) A substantially lower percentage than usual list mathematics as their intended major.
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19 Nov 2005, 21:06
mahesh004 wrote: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, many colleges now anticipate increasingly smaller freshman classes each year. Surprised by a 40 percent increase in qualified applicants over the previous year, however, administrators at Nice College now plan to hire more faculty for courses taken by all freshmen.
Which of the following statements about Nice College’s current qualified applicants, if true, would strongly suggest that the administrators’ plan is flawed?
(A) A substantially higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from college.
(B) According to their applications, their level of participation in extracurricular activities and varsity sports is unusually high.
(C) According to their applications, none of them lives in a foreign country.
(D) A substantially lower percentage than usual rate Nice College as their first choice among the colleges to which they are applying.
(E) A substantially lower percentage than usual list mathematics as their intended major.
D. The adminstrator's plan is flawed because it assumes all of the applicants will choose to come to Nice College.
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Yup, would choose D.
None of the answer choices, except for D, suggest that the plan is flawed.
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It should be D.
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D suggests that many applicants do not think nice college as first choice.
Less students are likely to come finally to nice college.
So answer is D
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D is the best.
If D is true, students who choose to attend the college will not increase.
--> HIring more faculty members it not neccesary
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D is my choice also. If not many students select or come to Nice then the hiring plan is flawed
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it is a clear D for me.
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i would choose also D since it explains why the administration plans are flawed.
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Another one for D
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
10 Mar 2012, 12:40
I dont get Why not A...
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
12 Mar 2012, 04:38
agarwalva wrote: I dont get Why not A... A says 'higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from college'. Nice college plan is not flawed if all the additional eligible folks choose to join Nice college. But we are not given anything so we cannot establish a conclusion whether college reasoning is flawed or not. Answer choice D attacks the Nice's reasoning as it claims that these additional folks prefer Nice college as just an alternative. Hope this helps !
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
22 Mar 2012, 02:47
............d goes the only one
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
22 Mar 2012, 14:42
Vote for D
if lower % have Nice college as first choice. It will weaken the plan "of administrators at Nice College to hire more faculty for courses taken by all freshmen"
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 02:58
should be D as all applicant wont come to nice college
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Re: On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, [#permalink]
02 Jan 2013, 05:26
sriniz wrote: agarwalva wrote: I dont get Why not A... A says 'higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from college'. Nice college plan is not flawed if all the additional eligible folks choose to join Nice college. But we are not given anything so we cannot establish a conclusion whether college reasoning is flawed or not. Answer choice D attacks the Nice's reasoning as it claims that these additional folks prefer Nice college as just an alternative. Hope this helps ! even i had gone for A ... but D explains it better ...
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