New Institute Advisory

New Institute Advisory
A few of the new management institutes that we, the academic team at CL, take cognizance of are as follows:

S.No	Name of institute	Qualitative remarks / Observations
1	Flame, Pune	Founded by noted academicians including Prof. Indira Parikh, former dean IIM-A
2	Fostiima, Delhi	Founded by IIM alumni
3	Indus World School of Business, Greater Noida	Founded by Career Launcher with mentorship from a noted group of national and international academicians

Comparison with CAT 2006 and CAT 2005

Parameter	CAT 2007	CAT 2006	CAT 2005
Number of sections	3	3	3 x 2
Number of questions	75	75	90
Difficulty level (Overall)	Difficult	Moderate	Difficult
Difficulty level (Quant)	Difficult	Easy	Average
Difficulty level (EU + RC)	Difficult	Difficult	Average
Difficulty level (DI + DS + AR)	Moderate	Moderate	Difficult
Expected cut-off (Overall)	102 - 107	110-115	47-49
Expected cut-off (Quant)	26 – 28	36-40	12-13
Expected cut-off (EU + RC)	26 – 28	21-25	17-18
Expected cut-off (DI + DS + AR)	34 – 36	34-38	10-11

Comparison of CAT 2007 with CAT 2006 and CAT 2005
Quantitative Ability

Topic	CAT 2007	CAT 2006	CAT 2005
Overall	25	25	30
Arithmetic	8	10	9
Number system	1	7	5
Percentage, SI-CI, PLD, Avgs	4 + 1(DS)	1	0
Ratio proportion		1	0
Speed Time Distance, Work	2	1	4
Algebra	9	9	8
Equations & Inequalities	5	4	2
Functions & graphs	1	1	2
Maxima minima	1	2	2
Series, sequences & progressions & logs	2	2	2
Geometry	3	4	10
Plane geometry	1+1(DS)	4	6
Mensuration	1 (DS)		3
Co-ordinate geometry + trigonometry			1
Modern math		2	3
Miscellaneous math	5		0