It is true that the graphs do not show the number of applicants for the year 2008. It is possible that this distorts the picture (for example, if the number of applicants to Eastern University was much larger in that year), but there is another way in which the comparison was definitely and largely misrepresented. The correct answer is that the graphs do not use the same scale, making it appear that Western University gets a much greater number of applicants than Eastern University.