The CAT Cutoffs: When predicting cutoffs for individual sections or for institutes, there is a herd-mentality that sets in. To some extent this is understandable as no one can really know what the result will be like. Now that the results are out, we are happy to state that of all the predictions we saw, the Peak Seekers forecast for the cutoffs was the closest. In fact, when we had first posted our cutoffs, we repeatedly got slammed for posting higher cutoffs than all other institutes. But, our methodology was not based on "popular opinion". Instead, we focused on critically evaluating each section, considering previous cutoffs, appreciating the increase in number of candidates (a factor all others missed), and many other criteria. Naturally, our predictions were not "exact", but we are happy to be the best predictors of the sectional cutoffs and the overall institute cutoffs.

Level of Difficulty of Quant Questions: We had reason to believe that the overall difficulty level of Math questions would be low. As a result, the 48 (out of 61) full length tests that our students practiced usually had a slightly lowered level of difficulty of Quant questions. Our belief was vindicated when we saw the CAT 2006 question paper.

Types of DI Questions: The network-type DI question was logically similar to the one that we practised in the Peak Seekers prepCAT 27. The two difficult caselets were tough in a manner similar to the ones that we have been practising in the last few prepCATs. The Analytical Reasoning question as well as the Tabular DI was not surprising to Peak Seekers students.

Fact-Inference-Judgment Questions in the Verbal Section: Several students were taken aback by this question type. Luckily for Peak Seekers CAT students our tests included this question type adequately.

Terrible RC passages: As the CAT approached, we developed the belief that the RC passages would be quite tough. As a result, our later prepCATs had tough RC passages. Peak Seekers CAT students who solved these tests would have developed the practice of solving tough RCs.

Mark Distribution in the Quant Section: Many CAT aspirants begin their CAT preparation by slogging on topics like: Ages, Partnership, Profit-and-Loss, Percentage, Speed and other topics of Arithmetic. This baffles us, as we have repeatedly observed that CAT focuses on Algebra, Geometry and Number Systems. In fact, our lecture plan is designed to focus on these topics first, so that Peak Seekers students have adequate time to develop a comfort level in Algebra, Geometry and Number Systems. This time, we had announced that we expected that these 3 topics would constitute 70% of the quant questions. CAT 2006 had 17 questions (out of 25) from Algebra, Geometry and Number Systems, proving us to be right with deadly accuracy.

No "None of These" Nonsense: Peak Seekers students noticed that we would rarely have the correct answer as "None of These" in our prepCATs. It was our belief that the CAT would do likewise. Once again, we were proven right. This is not a matter to be taken lightly. If "None of These" is not an answer choice, then we can quickly reverse-substitute the answer choices and choose the correct one, instead of actually solving the question.

The Appearance of a Peak Seekers prepCAT: If you look at the CAT 2006 test booklet, you will notice that it was formatted exactly like the Peak Seekers prepCATs. This helps only a bit, but the increased familiarity with the appearance of the test can be comforting to students. In fact, many Peak Seekers students claimed that it looked "exactly" like a Peak Seekers prepCAT.

It sounds like an ad slogan, but we truly believe that "It pays to be a Peak Seekers student". And that is because our teachers and curriculum  designers spare no effort in causing a student to succeed.