The following appeared in a petition presented by Classen University students to the school administration. -GMAT Argument essay

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The following appeared in a petition presented by Classen University students to the school administration. -GMAT Argument essay

Topic –The following appeared in a petition presented by Classen University students to the school administration.

The purpose of higher education is to prepare students for the future, but Classen students are at a serious disadvantage in the competition for post-college employment due to the University’s burdensome breadth requirements. Classenn’s job placement rate is substantially lower than placement rates of many top-ranked schools. Classen students would be more attractive to employers if they had more time to take advanced courses in their specialty, rather than being required...

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Sentence: The purpose of higher education is to prepare students for the future, but Classen students are at a serious disadvantage in the competition for post-college employment due to the University's burdensome breadth requirements.
Error: post-college Suggestion: post college

Sentence: Classenn's job placement rate is substantially lower than placement rates of many top-ranked schools.
Error: top-ranked Suggestion: top ranked

Sentence: The students petition higher education is for getting only employment is ill conceived, immature and puerile.
Error: puerile Suggestion: ?

Sentence: To ask for rescinding it need to have more justification than simple rhetorical comparison of placement rates.
Error: rescinding Suggestion: No alternateo word
Error: rhetorical Suggestion: No alternate word

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Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.278 0.35

Total:
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.0 out of 6.0
Category: Very good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 450 350
No. of Characters: 2293 1500
No. of Different Words: 211 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.606 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.096 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.991 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 166 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 144 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 96 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 73 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 18.75 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.774 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.417 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.278 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.477 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.072 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5