Explanation for C makes no sense. Passage A does present evidence that X is undesirable and also asserts that it is undesirable. How could that possibly be mutually exclusive.

"Passage A doesn’t try to present evidence that something is widely considered to be undesirable; it directly argues that something is undesirable."

genuinely the dumbest thing I've ever read. It does both? The examples ARE evidence.

Secondly, passage B literally says

"Species invasion.... with critical exceptions, it is a positive-sum game, in which ecosystems can accept more and more species."

The "with critical exceptions" can translate to "usually" and "positive-sum" directly implies "beneficial"

I'll accept this answer is wrong, however it bothers me to no end that 7sage writes these "explanations" that are ultimately just redundant. Include some patterns, "there needs to be some inference made for this to be true" or something actually informative and applicable. These answers seem like they're just cranked out with no consideration of the nuance that could make the answers correct.

I mean this with all due respect and also some frustration.

@JY @7SageClasses

wtfff i swear this test is just making stuff up. We have to be anal about the strength of all these words 'many' 'all' etc but sometimes we have to just make this giant leap that 'much' means 'primary focus' or 'most' so frustrating.

@ConnerKline that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. The passage says, "Geologists William Bull and Mark Brandon have recently developed a new method, called lichenometry, for detecting and dating past earthquakes." it says it is developed for use on past earthquakes. Isn't that far more relevant than it just simply stating in passing that radiocarbon dating is done on fault lines? Wouldn't that make A far more supported?

From what I've read this is the heaviest application year in... over a decade? Which means the schools have the ability to be more selective. I did some research and it depends on the school but generally speaking it seems like the admittance rate for each school will be 10% lower. Though you still seem more than qualified this influx of applicants might be part of the reason?

Sometimes these explanations are so dumb- both on here and especially in the tutoring class. It feels like the explanations assume the stupidest possible reason for picking the answer.

This one is frustrating because I picked E after debating between B and E. E seemed correct because there are metaphors and examples of beautiful things and reasons that these events are beautiful- is this not appealing to our experiences of perceiving beauty? isn't that what a metaphor IS?