In a few recent cases, some teenagers with advanced programming abilities used a new programming language, FANTOD, to

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In a few recent cases, some teenagers with advanced programming abilities used a new programming language, FANTOD, to hack into ETS and change their own SAT scores. All of the teenagers convicted of this crime were highly skilled in programming FANTOD. In light of these cases, some colleges have discounted the official SAT scores of applicants with a knowledge of FANTOD, and have required them to take special admission tests in supervised conditions on their own campuses.
Which of following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?

1.Most people who learn to program in FANTOD do so to commit some kind of hacking.

2.Colleges should rely on their own admissions tests instead of the SATs

3.Some students with knowledge of FANTOD are possibly placed at a disadvantage in the college admission process.

4.Students who learn FANTOD tend to have much lower SAT scores than do their peers.

5.Some colleges have not set any special requirements for applicants who have demonstrated knowledge of FANTOD



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To draw a conclusion from the information given in the passage, it's important to know the evidence given in the passage which is "Some colleges have discounted the official SAT scores of applicants with knowledge of FANTOD, and have required them to take special admission tests in supervised conditions on their campuses."

Option A - Incorrect
This answer choice is incorrect. The passage doesn't say that people who learn to program in FANTOD do so to commit various kinds of hacking.


Option B - Incorrect
The passage has nothing to do with faulting the colleges' admission processing of using SATs. As a matter of fact, from the passage, only applicants with knowledge of FANTOD got their SAT scores discounted and were required to take another special admission test organized by each college.


Option C - Correct
This answer choice is correct. The fact that all applicants with knowledge of FANTOD got their SAT scores discounted, including those that were not convicted of the crime, is a disadvantage to these innocent students in the college admission process.

Option D - Incorrect
This option generalizes that students who learn FANTOD tend to have much lower SAT scores than do their peers, which is irrelevant to the passage. So, therefore, it is incorrect.

Option E - Incorrect
This is outside the scope of the information presented in the passage argument.