This year, the number of applications at College X increased by nearly 5%, while the size of the ent...

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This year, the number of applications at College X increased by nearly 5%, while the size of the entering class and the structure of the admissions process remained the same. However, the admissions director of College X claims that this year a greater proportion of its applicants received offers of admission from the college than in years past.

Which of the following statements best reconciles the claim of the admissions director with other evidence presented in the argument?

A:This year College X moved up in all major rankings of undergraduate programs.

B:This year, the number of high school graduates who applied to colleges increased by 5%.

C:This year, nearly twice as many accepted applicants at College X decided to attend other colleges.

D:The admissions process at College X is substantially more competitive, as compared to other colleges of similar academic profile.

E:College X is located in a major metropolitan area with a high concentration of potential college applicants.

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正确答案： C:This year, nearly twice as many accepted applicants at College X decided to attend other colleges.

A. This year College X moved up in all major rankings of undergraduate programs.

Irrelevant and out of scope.

B. This year, the number of high school graduates who applied to colleges increased by 5%.

This has been explicitly been stated in the stimulus " number of applications at College X increased "

C. This year, nearly twice as many accepted applicants at College X decided to attend other colleges.

number of applications at College X increased.... greater proportion of its applicants received offers....... size of the entering class remained the same.