Thakurdas wrote:
Every person who earned a postgraduate degree in science or engineering from Olympus University last year received numerous offers of excellent jobs. Typically, many graduates of Plateau College have gone on to pursue advanced degrees at Olympus. Therefore, enrolling as an undergraduate at Plateau College is a wise choice for students who wish to ensure success in their careers.
Which of the following most strengthens the argument given above?
A. Olympus University does not have undergraduate courses in science and engineering.
B. Plateau College offers undergraduate courses only in science and engineering.
C. Plateau College is not the best places in the state to study science and engineering at the undergraduate level.
D. Olympus University is the best place in the country to study science and engineering at the postgraduate level.
E. People who want excellent jobs tend to study science or engineering at college or university.
ARGUMENT
[prem] many undergrads at PC pursue advanced degrees at O;
[prem] every post-grad in engineering and science at O received numerous offers;
[con] so, enrolling as undergrad at PC ensures career success;
[asum] assumes that those at PC pursuing advanced degrees at O were in engineering and science, and not something else.
STRENGTHEN
A. O hasn't UNDERGRAD in science and engineering, out of scope;
C. PC undergrad S&E prog is not the best, irrelevant;
D. O is the best for postgrad in S&E, doesn't mean those in PC pursue advanced degrees in S&E at O, irrelevant;
E. irrelevant.
Answer (B): if PC only offers undergrad S&E then those pursuing advanced degrees at O have to be S&E majors, which means career success.