[简答题] What Selectivity Means for You Understanding Admission Factors College admission officers across most of the nation report the same news: The number of applicants is rising, making admission more competitive. Remember, "more selective" doesn’’t mean "better." Our society often associates exclusivity with higher value, but that notion isn’’t true for college. Find match with your interests, objectives, characteristics, and needs. Why Are Applications Increasing The increase comes from a surge in births during the 1980s. Children of the baby boomers are coming of age. Experts predict applications will continue to rise faster than openings at most colleges through about 2010. "Most schools are a little more selective than they were maybe 10 years ago," says Joan Isaac-Mohr, Vice President and Dean of Admissions at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. This can mean more pressure for students going through the application process. Benefits

Many countries face a somewhat more serious economic problems in the form of an unfavorable wade balance (贸易逆差) with other nations. Such an imbalance exists when the total value of a country’ s imports exceeds that of its exports. For example, if a country buys $ 250 billion of products from other countries, yet sells only $ 100 billion of its own products overseas, its trade deficit is $ 150 billion. Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this position because they lack natural resources or the industrial capacity to use these resources, and thus have to import raw materials or manufactured goods.
One effect of a trade deficit is the flow of currency (贷币) out of a country. In the case of an underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including failure to meet debt payments and obstacles to creation of an industrial base. Even in the case of a fully developed nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is reason for
A. a country has serious economic problem
B. a country sells more products overseas than it imports
C. the value of the products a country imports is greater than the value of the product it exports
D. a country can't develop its natural resources