Quote:
At Midwest University, there is no collusion between the athletic office and the admissions office. Athletes must be accepted for admission to the university on the basis of their academic records before they can be offered financial assistance on the basis of athletic ability. The university thus hopes to avoid the kind of recruiting violations that have been a problem at other universities.
It can be inferred from the passage above that
(A) the admission policy described above is unique to Midwest University
(B) some universities offer financial assistance to athletes who would not be admitted to the university on the basis of their academic records
(C) most student-athletes in universities are admitted solely on the basis of athletic ability
(D) admissions offices do not modify academic admission requirements for any students except student-athletes
(E) in many universities, athletic offices are often at odds with admissions offices
The right answer here is
B. Since this is an inference question, we are looking for a conclusion that must 100% be true based on the info given.
A - We don't know for sure that this policy is solely enacted by Midwest Uni. It could be by others, so this is not 100% true.
OUTB - This statement must be true. We know there have been violations that have affected other universities, so that claim that
some universities do offer fin aid to athletes who wouldn't get in otherwise is definitively true.
CORRECTC -
Most is too bold a claim. Although we know that this happens, we don't know for sure that it happens for more than half the athletes.
OUTD - This answer might be true based on what we know. But the problem is that; it might be true, but might also be false. We need an answer that CANNOT be false.
OUTE - Again, this is answer that can be true, and based on real life, is quite likely. But based solely on the info in this argument, we can't say definitively that this statement is 100% true.
OUT - Matoo