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Hi everyone,
My name is Tony and I have just started studying for the AWA portion. I was hoping to get your feedback on my first attempt at answering this AWA prompt from GMAC's listing (Page 24, Prompt #3, also below). Any feedback is welcome and including a score would be even better! I will appreciate any tips or suggestions for improvements. Here's the prompt and my response afterwards. Thank you, again!
The following appeared in a letter from a staff member in the office of admissions at Argent University:
“The most recent nationwide surveys show that undergraduates choose their major field primarily based on their
perception of job prospects in that field. At our university, economics is now the most popular major, so students must
perceive this field as having the best job prospects. Therefore, we can increase our enrollment if we focus our
advertising and recruiting on publicizing the accomplishments of our best-known economics professors and the
success of our economics graduates in finding employment.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counter examples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
My essay:
The letter from the office of admissions staff member at Argent University argues that the school can expect an increase in enrollment by publicizing the accomplishments of their best-known economics professors. However, this position is untenable for a variety of reasons. The staff member’s letter builds their argument on a set of false, unproven assumptions that without further evidence do not support their position on increasing student enrollment. This argument is premised on a variety of weak causal relationships.
First of all, this university letter starts with the unproven assumption that because economics is now the most popular major, students must also perceive that they’ll have the best job prospects with this type of degree. This is based on a loose connection to a nationwide survey explaining what factors explain how undergraduates choose their major. However, there are major key points lacking from that survey that should be included to support this position. For example, there should be more demographic information provided in regards to the undergraduates surveyed. If this sample was skewed to a particular region of the country or favored more first-generation college students, this may impact the accuracy of the survey. This would impact whether the survey’s findings have any bearing on the Argent University student body.
A second point I would like to bring up is the assumption on why economics is the most popular major at Argent University. The staff member assumes that economics is the most popular major since students perceive this field as having the best job prospects. However, there are many other factors that may impact the popularity of this major such as the overall size of the program. If the economics program was more established at this university and had more resources to offer larger class sizes, this would undermine the premise of how students here pick their major.
Another key consideration when analyzing this letter is their conclusion drawn on how to increase student enrollment. The staff member suggests that by publicizing the accomplishments of the university’s best known economics professors, they can draw in more interested students. However, this position is built on the assumption that economics majors hoping to get the best job prospects upon graduation, prioritize a career in academia over other professions. This is not the case if income was a considered a measurement of strong job prospects. It is a known fact that careers in finance or consulting generally are more lucrative than salaries of university researchers and professors. If the university can gather more information on how students perceive having the ‘best job prospects’ upon graduation, they can then more accurately target their advertising efforts to tailor to the student’s goals.
In conclusion, this internal staff document at Argent University’s Office of Admissions regarding how to increase student enrollment is riddled with a variety of faulty assumptions and critical gaps in details.
My name is Tony and I have just started studying for the AWA portion. I was hoping to get your feedback on my first attempt at answering this AWA prompt from GMAC's listing (Page 24, Prompt #3, also below). Any feedback is welcome and including a score would be even better! I will appreciate any tips or suggestions for improvements. Here's the prompt and my response afterwards. Thank you, again!
The following appeared in a letter from a staff member in the office of admissions at Argent University:
“The most recent nationwide surveys show that undergraduates choose their major field primarily based on their
perception of job prospects in that field. At our university, economics is now the most popular major, so students must
perceive this field as having the best job prospects. Therefore, we can increase our enrollment if we focus our
advertising and recruiting on publicizing the accomplishments of our best-known economics professors and the
success of our economics graduates in finding employment.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counter examples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
My essay:
The letter from the office of admissions staff member at Argent University argues that the school can expect an increase in enrollment by publicizing the accomplishments of their best-known economics professors. However, this position is untenable for a variety of reasons. The staff member’s letter builds their argument on a set of false, unproven assumptions that without further evidence do not support their position on increasing student enrollment. This argument is premised on a variety of weak causal relationships.
First of all, this university letter starts with the unproven assumption that because economics is now the most popular major, students must also perceive that they’ll have the best job prospects with this type of degree. This is based on a loose connection to a nationwide survey explaining what factors explain how undergraduates choose their major. However, there are major key points lacking from that survey that should be included to support this position. For example, there should be more demographic information provided in regards to the undergraduates surveyed. If this sample was skewed to a particular region of the country or favored more first-generation college students, this may impact the accuracy of the survey. This would impact whether the survey’s findings have any bearing on the Argent University student body.
A second point I would like to bring up is the assumption on why economics is the most popular major at Argent University. The staff member assumes that economics is the most popular major since students perceive this field as having the best job prospects. However, there are many other factors that may impact the popularity of this major such as the overall size of the program. If the economics program was more established at this university and had more resources to offer larger class sizes, this would undermine the premise of how students here pick their major.
Another key consideration when analyzing this letter is their conclusion drawn on how to increase student enrollment. The staff member suggests that by publicizing the accomplishments of the university’s best known economics professors, they can draw in more interested students. However, this position is built on the assumption that economics majors hoping to get the best job prospects upon graduation, prioritize a career in academia over other professions. This is not the case if income was a considered a measurement of strong job prospects. It is a known fact that careers in finance or consulting generally are more lucrative than salaries of university researchers and professors. If the university can gather more information on how students perceive having the ‘best job prospects’ upon graduation, they can then more accurately target their advertising efforts to tailor to the student’s goals.
In conclusion, this internal staff document at Argent University’s Office of Admissions regarding how to increase student enrollment is riddled with a variety of faulty assumptions and critical gaps in details.
TheGraceful
24 Dec 2020, 08:31
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tylam
Good One. Well structured essay.
Minor improvements:
The argument criticized is based on just half part he accomplishments of our best-known economics professors ( could have included this part as well: and the
success of our economics graduates in finding employment).
Also, third paragraph content could have been impressive as it is in first two.
Overall good one. Have rated 4.5.
By the way, have you timed your essay..? (within 30 minutes)
Press Kudos, if my efforts have helped you in some way.
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