It has recently been found that

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite3% picked this

   Soon, more graduates are likely to be competing for

   This passage is predicting that there will be fewer graduates, more jobs looking to hire graduates.

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2. B

   Correct85% picked this

   Soon, there is likely to be a shortage of graduates to

   Why this is right

   This was the gist of the whole paragraph. The reason job prospects are better than ever for graduates is that there are 25% less grads now than ten years ago, and over the next decade, there will likely be a substantial drop in the number of students trying to graduate with a degree in math or engineering (which are subjects in high demand). Employers will be trying to fill vacancies with students who have training in math and engineering, but there won't be nearly as many students graduating with those skill sets. Since supply of graduates currently meets demand, and since supply of students for subjects in high demand is going to drop substantially, it seems very likely that some job vacancies will find a shortage of eligible graduates to consider.

   Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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3. C

   Unsupported: employers aware3% picked this

   Employers are aware of changing trends in subjects studied

   The paragraph only tells us about stuff employers were not aware of. We have no support for the idea that employers are aware of what the survey is saying in the 2nd to last sentence. It's certainly plausible that they may be aware of it, but we have nothing to point at in this paragraph to prove that's true.

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4. D

   Out of Scope: fewer jobs7% picked this

   Soon, fewer graduates are likely to be competing for fewer

   Nothing in the passage supports the idea that there will be fewer available jobs. It would actually go against the passage to say that there are going to be fewer available jobs since we were told that "job prospects have never been better and that trend is likely to continue for the next 10 years".

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5. E

   Out of Scope: well-informed2% picked this

   Employers who are well-informed about future trends have anticipated and planned

   The passage never discusses employers who are well-informed. We hear about most employers being oblivious (i.e. poorly informed) when it comes to the number of grads dropping by 25% and being oblivious to the idea that labor supply / demand might fall out of equilibrium. But we never hear about employers who do know this stuff. LSAT constantly tries to make us infer opposite qualities about opposite categories. For example, if we read: Janice is a librarian and loves to read they would write a trap answer like (A) People who are not librarians do not love to read

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