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by prachich1987 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:33 pm
Between 1960 and 1966, the State University system had 92 percent of its capacity filled by students. During this time the system admitted 31 students each year for every 100 available spots in the system; the remaining 61 spots were filled by upperclassmen. From 1967 to 1975, the State University system filled 99 percent of its capacity with students; however the system also lowered its admission rate to 23 students for every 100 available spots each year.

If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn?

A. As a university system's admission rate falls, it is generally true that the percent of capacity filled increases.
B. The number of available spots in the State University system declined between the two time periods.
C. The proportion of young people applying to college increased between the two time periods.
D. The number of people dropping out before finishing their degrees declined between the two periods.
E. The average length of time that a student stayed in the State University system increased between the two time periods.

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by jaxis » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:56 pm
A. As a university system's admission rate falls, it is generally true that the percent of capacity filled increases.
There is no way we can make this general statement fromjust one example.This ccannot be infered or in this case concluded.WRONG.

B. The number of available spots in the State University system declined between the two time periods.
Since only percentage figures are given we can make inferences about percentage and not exact figures.this statement deals with exact figures saying that the number of spots decreased. WRONG.

C. The proportion of young people applying to college increased between the two time periods.
Since even after decreasing their acceptance rate from 31 to 23 the proportion these students represent increased from 92 to 99, this can be inferred. RIGHT.

D. The number of people dropping out before finishing their degrees declined between the two periods.
Only informaton aboutstudents' admission is given.No detail about their finishig the degree is given.Can't infer this either.WRONG.

E. The average length of time that a student stayed in the State University system increased between the two time periods.
Again no information about their stay duration or finishing time is given. Can't infer this either.WRONG.
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by prachich1987 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:57 pm
that's not the OA
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by jaxis » Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:07 am
If not C.Then probably E.

because if the students stay longernow. The Number of new admitsadded to the number existing students represents higher percentage.

Cant go beyond this.please give th OA.
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by gmat1011 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:25 am
I would say its B.

In 1966 the Uni filled 92% of capacity. In 1967 this number became 99%.

The % of new students put into the system reduced b/w the 2 years --- the capacity utilization could only be increased with a reduction in the size of the overall pie
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:05 am
eems to be a Lottery question for which you r just supposed to take ur pick .
Ill pick E :)
All the others seem to be Distant
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by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:13 am
mundasingh123 wrote:eems to be a Lottery question for which you r just supposed to take ur pick .
Ill pick E :)
All the others seem to be Distant
You have won the lottery
The OA is E
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:27 am
prachich1987 wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:eems to be a Lottery question for which you r just supposed to take ur pick .
Ill pick E :)
All the others seem to be Distant
You have won the lottery
The OA is E
I m in a daze.Already been thru a Knewton shock followed by an OG then Davids lsat quest ,they all were stompers
What explanation did Kaplan Give for this Question ?
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:41 am
Between 1960 and 1966, the State University system had 92 percent of its capacity filled by students. During this time the system admitted 31 students each year for every 100 available spots in the system; the remaining 61 spots were filled by upperclassmen. From 1967 to 1975, the State University system filled 99 percent of its capacity with students; however the system also lowered its admission rate to 23 students for every 100 available spots each year.

If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn?

A. As a university system's admission rate falls, it is generally true that the percent of capacity filled increases.
B. The number of available spots in the State University system declined between the two time periods.
C. The proportion of young people applying to college increased between the two time periods.
D. The number of people dropping out before finishing their degrees declined between the two periods.
E. The average length of time that a student stayed in the State University system increased between the two time periods.

In this, or any other inference question, you are looking for the answer choice that must be true given the statements in the stimulus. Since it is nearly impossible to pre-phrase the correct answer choice on an inference question, it is best to go directly to the answer choices after you have digested what is stated in the stimulus. This stimulus tells us that, between two time periods, the school system's capacity filled up despite the fact that the college was admitting fewer people for every available spot in the system.

The only answer choice that has to follow from these statements is the last one, Choice (E). It must be true that the average length of time spent by a student in the system increased between these periods. This must be true if the school system was actually filling up despite lower admissions per 100 spots.

Choice (B) might be true, but it is not necessary that it be true. Since the admission rates are given to us in number per 100 available spots in the school, it is not necessary that the number of spots decline in order to have an increasing rate of filled spots.

Similarly, Choice (D) could be true, but again, does not need to be true. One way that average length of enrollment in the system could increase is by having fewer drop-outs. However, (D) does not need to be true - the increase in average length of enrollment could, for example, be due to more students staying for a fifth or sixth year than before.

Choice (C) is out-of-scope. We are given no information about application rates. Choice (A) has no support from the stimulus. Just because this phenomenon occurred for one State at one point in time, it does not mean that it is generally true.
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:43 am
The above is the OE
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