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[dkumar.83]

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice（C）

(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

[frank1]

I dont see problem with A
other change the meaning

[diebeatsthegmat]

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice（C）

(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

should be A

[FightWithGMAT]

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice（C）

(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

Correct idiom is preferred to perfect parallelism.
Both A and C are parallel, but A is with wrong idiom LIKELY IN.
Even though A has better parallel structure than C. Maybe this is to lure us.

C gives perfect idiom LIKELY TO