GmatKiss wrote:Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.
(A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept
(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept
(C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept
(D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept
(E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
A and C imply that Oberlin College was a renegade institution
AT ITS FOUNDING (A) and
WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED (C). The intended meaning of the sentence is that an action taken by Oberlin --
deciding...to accept both men and women -- CAUSED the school to be deemed a renegade institution. Eliminate A and C.
In B, the meaning conveyed by
for THE decision...to accept is unclear. WHOSE decision? It needs to be crystal clear that it was OBERLIN's decision to accept both men and women.
In E,
deciding...ON is an idiom to be avoided on the GMAT. Outside the GMAT, to
decide on means to choose between options; no options are being discussed here. Eliminate E.
The correct answer is
D.
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