@ Sorr Thank you for your thoughtful response this is super helpful! From my understanding for early decision is binding in that if you go to law school you have to go to that select school, but if it wouldnt force me to go to law school? I may post seperate thread on this - thanks for bringing that up

Hi I was also deciding between AC E and B, and ended up choosing B. First, if you negate B "There were more than 45 professional opera companies that had been active 30 years ago and have ceased operations". This means essentially that the 45 opera studios that opened up are less than the the 45 companies that closed, which completely wrecks the conclusion that there has been an explosion of public interest because more have gone out of business then opened.

Its harder to see whats wrong with E and under timed conditions I just felt like B was more necessary to ensuring the conclusion. I think E is wrong because of the wording "enthusiasm on the part of a potential audience"because it does not closely match the conclusion, which is saying two things explosion of public interest AND explosion of enjoyment. So essentially its not necessary that opera houses opened as a result of enthuasim on the part of a potential audience, because technically it could be current audiences that are driving this (I think ?)

Hi the most important difference between AC C and D is that D uses "most" - "most of the people in each city then...", while the parallel premise to the stimulus which is "books are GENERALLY published by quince press..." uses "generally"; in this case you can equate "most" to "generally"; AC C uses a definite phrase, so it does not exactly parallel the reasoning

Wait how did you apply for paper pencil form?

Hi this happened to me, eventually the wifi resumed and the test came back up but the timer kept going. They also would not let me take it on another date, so definitely should try your best to find somewhere with reliable wifi!

@ Thank you for your thoughtful response this is super helpful! From my understanding for early decision is binding in that if you go to law school you have to go to that select school, but if it wouldnt force me to go to law school? I may post seperate thread on this - thanks for brini

Im not positive but I think this is why - If you negate answer choice C "the proportion of arrests to crimes committed WAS significantly higher for criminals under intensive supervision than for those under routine supervision." this completely wrecks the conclusion because the metric your measuring against is no longer equal (aka more people can get away with a crime and not be arrested so we no longer have the information to say which is more effective because we dont have accurate data), alternatively if you negate E "the number of criminals put under routine supervision WAS significantly greater than the number of criminals put under intensive supervision" that does not immediately wreck the conclusion because the conclusion is based on a percentage of the total for each type, so just because the total number of routine supervision criminals was higher we cant assume more people were arrested because we dont have that information, therefore it isnt necessary. The two groups don't have to be equal in number of criminals because the conclusion is based on a percentage