Last visit was: 27 Apr 2026, 03:03 It is currently 27 Apr 2026, 03:03
Home
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
Back to Forum
Create Topic
User avatar
vinayaksatapute
User avatar
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Last visit: 08 Apr 2015
Posts: 5
Own Kudos:
193
Posts: 5
Kudos: 193
Help me evaulate my analysis of an argument. 06 Jan 2010, 20:27
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hi All,

I have scribed the argument with keeping 30 minutes time duration,it will be great if somebody evaluates and assign a grade to my argument. (I have my GMAT date 9th Jan :) )

**************************************************************
"Every person who earned an advanced degree in science or engineering from Olympus University last year recieved numerous offers of excellent jobs. Typically, many graduates of Plateau have gone on to pursue advanced at Olympus. Therefore, enrolling as an undergraduate of Plateau College is a wise choice for students who wish to ensure success in their careers."

*******************Analysis of the argument**********************
Argument concludes that students can achieve success in their careers by enrolling for undergraduate degree at plateau college.Author provides the fact that many graduates from plateau later proceeds for advanced degree in science or engineering from olympus university,which helped them receive excellent job offers.But author fails to provide details on student performance at plateau,their academic background,and there is no other cross refernece details with respect to any other college to come to the above conclusion.

First,Author fails to provide any information on Plateau collecge on its acedemic success,its student grades,its competative teaching environment or anything which adds value that admitting to plateau college would be wise choise for a student with keeping future study goals and job offers in mind.It would have been better if plateau compared with some other competitive college in same arena,which would have shed more light in believing that admitting to plateau will be a wise choice.

Second,Author fails to provide exact statistics on the students who have gone to pursue their advance at olympus.Since there may be some better college than Olympus where students of plateau may have not got any admission received and hence all would have settled to the only avialable option for them to pursue their advanced.

At last,though author mentions that there are numerous job offers of excellent type but fails to shed light on the current market environment.It may be possible that the market is in upward boom with lot of job openings for newly graduate of scince and engineering.And there is no details on other college graduates and their job offering they may have received to evaluate that Olympus has performed better than other.


Considering all the above mentioned loopholes in the argument it can be said that Argument is weak in its reasoning.If author had added the above details to the argument it could have strongly concluded further.
*************************************************************

Thanks.
Vinayak
User avatar
mojorising800
User avatar
Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Last visit: 05 Mar 2012
Posts: 111
Own Kudos:
1,751
Given Kudos: 7
Status:Its Wow or Never
Location: India
Concentration: Technology, Strategy
Schools: Tepper '14 Goizueta '14 ISB Tippie Kelley '14 Georgia Tech Mays Katz Kenan-Flagler '14 Schulich Smith '15
GMAT 1: 670 Q47 V35
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
WE:Information Technology (Computer Software)
Schools: Tepper '14 Goizueta '14 ISB Tippie Kelley '14 Georgia Tech Mays Katz Kenan-Flagler '14 Schulich Smith '15
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
Posts: 111
Kudos: 1,751
Help me evaulate my analysis of an argument. 10 Jan 2010, 10:39
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
vinayaksatapute
Hi All,

I have scribed the argument with keeping 30 minutes time duration,it will be great if somebody evaluates and assign a grade to my argument. (I have my GMAT date 9th Jan :) )

**************************************************************
"Every person who earned an advanced degree in science or engineering from Olympus University last year recieved numerous offers of excellent jobs. Typically, many graduates of Plateau have gone on to pursue advanced at Olympus. Therefore, enrolling as an undergraduate of Plateau College is a wise choice for students who wish to ensure success in their careers."

*******************Analysis of the argument**********************
Argument concludes that students can achieve success in their careers by enrolling for undergraduate degree at plateau college.Author provides the fact that many graduates from plateau later proceeds for advanced degree in science or engineering from olympus university,which helped them receive excellent job offers.But author fails to provide details on student performance at plateau,their academic background,and there is no other cross refernece details with respect to any other college to come to the above conclusion.

First,Author fails to provide any information on Plateau collecge on its acedemic success,its student grades,its competative teaching environment or anything which adds value that admitting to plateau college would be wise choise for a student with keeping future study goals and job offers in mind.It would have been better if plateau compared with some other competitive college in same arena,which would have shed more light in believing that admitting to plateau will be a wise choice.

Second,Author fails to provide exact statistics on the students who have gone to pursue their advance at olympus.Since there may be some better college than Olympus where students of plateau may have not got any admission received and hence all would have settled to the only avialable option for them to pursue their advanced.

At last,though author mentions that there are numerous job offers of excellent type but fails to shed light on the current market environment.It may be possible that the market is in upward boom with lot of job openings for newly graduate of scince and engineering.And there is no details on other college graduates and their job offering they may have received to evaluate that Olympus has performed better than other.


Considering all the above mentioned loopholes in the argument it can be said that Argument is weak in its reasoning.If author had added the above details to the argument it could have strongly concluded further.
*************************************************************

Thanks.
Vinayak
Show more


hey vinayak
i hope you did well on ur GMAT!!could you please provide me any inputs regarding the GMAT exam as i have some last 3 week preparation i should be doing.I have my GMAT on feb 3.I find it pretty difficult to sit through the entire length of the exam and am totally exhausted by the time i finish half of the verbal sectionAnother thing i wanted to know was if kaplan tests are a true reflection of ur possible score in the final exam.?
Moderator:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7390 posts