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1 few people- not enough a few people- small number without the negative connotation: I have a few friends (no problem/I have few friends (I'm lonely)
2 requires qualified staff
3 You misundetand- the article suggests that I should know which employers you are talking about, but the text has not mentioned them- when talking in general, say 'most employers'
4 just use 'graduates'
5 Yes, but how about 'want to gain greater knowledge'? or something like that
6 The subject is 'increasing their knowledge', so it should be 'makes'
7 Who frowns upon university? People may frown upon those that go there for social reasons, but I think you have to qualify your statement; otherwise, it strikes me as factually wrong


OK, now for the assessment part.
What will the examiners be looking for?
1 Does it answer the question?
2 Does it follow the requirements in word length, etc?
3 Does it use the apprpriate format?

Contents
1 Layout/formatting- are they OK (paragraphing, etc)
2 Style- is the language apprpriate for the type of writing
3 Coherence- is it well-connected laguage that is easy to read or does it chop and change without linking sentences into paragrapahs and then into the whole text
4 Vocabulary- is it appropriate for the task, does it show a wide knowledge of vocab, while avoiding the temptation to try to show off words in an exagerated manner
5 Structures- is the person using advanced grammatical structures and using them well


Despite the evidence to the contrary, examniers are himan beings, and few people jump out of bed deperate to read thirty discussions about the reasons for people going to college, so I think it's an idea to have a mental picture of a bored, sleepy person going through az pile of papers- what have you got in your writing taht will wake them up, make them think, 'Yes, this is good.'

Try to evaluate yourself along these lines, then I'll tell you what I think, but I think that an essential part of CAE is developing a keen sense of what you're doing and what is required. BTW, have you done the First Certificate exam?