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25 Sep 2017, 08:51
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hi there everyone
I'm taking GMAT in a week. my past 5 gmatprep scores have been 760 (q50/v42) and IR 8, so I felt ready for the exam. (BTW I'm an international student so apparently, AWA is important in my case)
but I just found out that my writing SUCKS. I don't know why I've been ignoring it so far. I thought I could do okay but I wrote a few today and they are all AWFUL I think they'll get a 2.0 at most.
here is one. PLEASE HELP ME. tell me what I can do. I think I'll write 40-50 in the next week. but in all honesty after the 4 I wrote today I don't see any improvement what-so-ever. what should I do?
10. The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
“This past winter, 200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state
capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college
programs. The other 12,000 Waymarsh students evidently weren’t so concerned
about their education: they either stayed on campus or left for winter break. Since
the group who did not protest is far more numerous, it is more representative of the
state’s college students than are the protesters. Therefore the state legislature need
not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”
Discuss how well reasoned... etc.
The argument claimes that the state legislature shouldn't pay any attention to the 200 protesters since they are a minority of the student body. stated in this way the arguments lacks several key factors which are essential to it's evaluation. it also shows poor reasoning, and wrong conclusions. hence the argument is unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument assumes that the 200 people protesting the cuts are the only people who care about the proposal, and the others are indiffrent. it fails to take into account the possibility that the other students simply didn't know about the proposed cuts or simply lacked the means to travel to the capital. there is also the possiblity that the 200 attending students are the representetive of the student body. we need to ask the other students how they feel about the budget cuts before labelling the protestors a minority and thus unimportant.
Second, the argument wrongly focuses on only the waymarsh college and eventhought it states that the cuts affect various state college programs, it fails to mention the reaction of the students in other programs. even if the majority of waymarsh students don't care about the cuts there is a possiblity that students of other state colleges are greatly affected by the cuts and there might even be many protestors from other colleges protesting this bill. the argument would've been much clearer if it mentioned reactions from a range of diffrent programs not just Waymarsh college.
Lastly, the conclusion that it's acceptable for the state legislature to ignore the appeals of the protestiong students just because they are the minority is fundamentally flawed. the state has a responsibility to all the students and has to explain the merits of the budget cuts and persuade the protestors. ignoring the protestors just because they're the minority will have a negative impact on the trust and relationship between the student body and the legislature which may lead to further problems down the road.
In conclusion, The argument is flawed because of all the above'mentioned reason. if the author stated all the facts needed for assesment of this claim, the argument would've been much stronger, but as it stands now it's unsubstantiated and can not convince the readers.
I'm taking GMAT in a week. my past 5 gmatprep scores have been 760 (q50/v42) and IR 8, so I felt ready for the exam. (BTW I'm an international student so apparently, AWA is important in my case)
but I just found out that my writing SUCKS. I don't know why I've been ignoring it so far. I thought I could do okay but I wrote a few today and they are all AWFUL I think they'll get a 2.0 at most.
here is one. PLEASE HELP ME. tell me what I can do. I think I'll write 40-50 in the next week. but in all honesty after the 4 I wrote today I don't see any improvement what-so-ever. what should I do?
10. The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
“This past winter, 200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state
capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college
programs. The other 12,000 Waymarsh students evidently weren’t so concerned
about their education: they either stayed on campus or left for winter break. Since
the group who did not protest is far more numerous, it is more representative of the
state’s college students than are the protesters. Therefore the state legislature need
not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”
Discuss how well reasoned... etc.
The argument claimes that the state legislature shouldn't pay any attention to the 200 protesters since they are a minority of the student body. stated in this way the arguments lacks several key factors which are essential to it's evaluation. it also shows poor reasoning, and wrong conclusions. hence the argument is unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument assumes that the 200 people protesting the cuts are the only people who care about the proposal, and the others are indiffrent. it fails to take into account the possibility that the other students simply didn't know about the proposed cuts or simply lacked the means to travel to the capital. there is also the possiblity that the 200 attending students are the representetive of the student body. we need to ask the other students how they feel about the budget cuts before labelling the protestors a minority and thus unimportant.
Second, the argument wrongly focuses on only the waymarsh college and eventhought it states that the cuts affect various state college programs, it fails to mention the reaction of the students in other programs. even if the majority of waymarsh students don't care about the cuts there is a possiblity that students of other state colleges are greatly affected by the cuts and there might even be many protestors from other colleges protesting this bill. the argument would've been much clearer if it mentioned reactions from a range of diffrent programs not just Waymarsh college.
Lastly, the conclusion that it's acceptable for the state legislature to ignore the appeals of the protestiong students just because they are the minority is fundamentally flawed. the state has a responsibility to all the students and has to explain the merits of the budget cuts and persuade the protestors. ignoring the protestors just because they're the minority will have a negative impact on the trust and relationship between the student body and the legislature which may lead to further problems down the road.
In conclusion, The argument is flawed because of all the above'mentioned reason. if the author stated all the facts needed for assesment of this claim, the argument would've been much stronger, but as it stands now it's unsubstantiated and can not convince the readers.
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