I got lucky and just started by reading A, thought "well that's obviously necessary" and submitted it w/o bothering to read any other answers. Totally would have fallen for B
That's crazy i struck out "a" cause i thought it was implied - l was like why would that be the answer if its so obviously implied by his conclusion. Damm guess i was making an assumption without even noticing - won't get me again.
eliminated B because its the parents that think the price of education is tied to its quality. The university president is not presenting that as his own belief, he just wants more applicants.
I'm learning that when you read an answer that passes the tests for being the correct choice, just choose that and move on. Trust the process, because reading further will only confuse you and waste time
I think B is really attractive because my immediate reaction after reading the stimulus was:
"What if the higher tuition is relevant to quality of education?"
I think B attempts to trick us into assuming that "Quality of a education is DEPENDENT (or REQUIRES) tuition charged". But, let's take a step back. The stimulus doesn't need this. Even if this was true, it wouldn't guarantee the conclusion. Interestingly, if this was a SA question, I think B could pass as a possible SA correct AC.
Let's contrast with AC A. In the stimulus, we're given this phenomenon that the applicant pool is shrinking, Then the Uni President gives us a hypothesis, "hey, one reason we think this is happening is because we charge too little prices". Then we get the premise. But our prephrase/reaction here could also be: "What if this hypothesis doesn't apply?" This is exactly what A calls out. If we check by negation test, we find that A is absolutely necessary. If negated, then the whole argument falls apart: the Uni President's hypothesis is not relevant, so we have no reason to think raising tution and fees would help increase the application pool.
I will die in such things. I spent much more time at this part to figure out, and when I think OK I've figured it out. Next you try be like: BAMN! No, you've not~~>_<~~
Recently, as I read the ACs I ask myself, what does this has to do with the argument's support structure. Most of the trap answers here ignore the support structure of this argument that reasons if our application pool has shrunk, and we want to increase that pool, and students and parents correlate tuition and quality, and we charge a low tuition, then we should increase our tuition.
The power of A is that it says, the facts actually apply and are real. Negating this could mean the university doesn't have a shrinking pool or maybe students and parents actually don't correlate price and quality. If what was said bears no relevance anymore, then the argument is screwed. AC A works within the support structure in the stim.
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This felt so easy on BR. Fell for the trap.
This is wild. Stressed. Three days away and still getting tricked lol.
I feel so stupid 🥲
NOO I FELL FOR THE FLIPPED SA AND NA (C) !!! IM SO MADD
i'm irritated
@coconut Literally, same.
Everyone's talking about how stupid the answer is, but no one is talking about how stupid the argument is. :(
idk B makes sense to me honestly
i couldve sworn A was a trick wtf LOL
I got lucky and just started by reading A, thought "well that's obviously necessary" and submitted it w/o bothering to read any other answers. Totally would have fallen for B
Another riddles 3 I'd expect a bridge troll to present to me like okay sure
That's crazy i struck out "a" cause i thought it was implied - l was like why would that be the answer if its so obviously implied by his conclusion. Damm guess i was making an assumption without even noticing - won't get me again.
@JessOk Nope I did the same
What if instead of "one possible explanation," he just said "one explanation"? Then would D be correct?
A seemed so tempting to me so I moved on to other ACs :)
Taught C was the answer lol
LET ME OUT OF THIS SA & NA JAILLLLLLLLL GET ME OUT OF HEREEEE
@iriswu84153 well at least NA and SA are not the top 3 most common question types
@iriswu84153 give me SA absolutely any day over NA
eliminated B because its the parents that think the price of education is tied to its quality. The university president is not presenting that as his own belief, he just wants more applicants.
I got it down to A and C, and picked wrong
Does anyone have any tips for NA. I am trying to negate but I feel as though I could see multiple ACs breaking the argument
Kevin's explanation on youtube helped so much
I'm learning that when you read an answer that passes the tests for being the correct choice, just choose that and move on. Trust the process, because reading further will only confuse you and waste time
I think B is really attractive because my immediate reaction after reading the stimulus was:
"What if the higher tuition is relevant to quality of education?"
I think B attempts to trick us into assuming that "Quality of a education is DEPENDENT (or REQUIRES) tuition charged". But, let's take a step back. The stimulus doesn't need this. Even if this was true, it wouldn't guarantee the conclusion. Interestingly, if this was a SA question, I think B could pass as a possible SA correct AC.
Let's contrast with AC A. In the stimulus, we're given this phenomenon that the applicant pool is shrinking, Then the Uni President gives us a hypothesis, "hey, one reason we think this is happening is because we charge too little prices". Then we get the premise. But our prephrase/reaction here could also be: "What if this hypothesis doesn't apply?" This is exactly what A calls out. If we check by negation test, we find that A is absolutely necessary. If negated, then the whole argument falls apart: the Uni President's hypothesis is not relevant, so we have no reason to think raising tution and fees would help increase the application pool.
ok i think this is my cue to finish for tonight bc i am cooked
I will die in such things. I spent much more time at this part to figure out, and when I think OK I've figured it out. Next you try be like: BAMN! No, you've not~~>_<~~
WHAT
Recently, as I read the ACs I ask myself, what does this has to do with the argument's support structure. Most of the trap answers here ignore the support structure of this argument that reasons if our application pool has shrunk, and we want to increase that pool, and students and parents correlate tuition and quality, and we charge a low tuition, then we should increase our tuition.
The power of A is that it says, the facts actually apply and are real. Negating this could mean the university doesn't have a shrinking pool or maybe students and parents actually don't correlate price and quality. If what was said bears no relevance anymore, then the argument is screwed. AC A works within the support structure in the stim.