| Much like the various National and International | | | | TCY Analytics performs three roles in order to |
| standardized tests, Test Preparation techniques | | | | provide a scientific dimension to your preparation |
| and tools have also evolved over time. Many | | | | for a test – be it CAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, |
| contemporary competitive exams have proved | | | | AIEEE, IIT, BAK PO et al. First, it measures and |
| to the aspirants that test taking strategies of | | | | records your topic-wise, sectional and |
| past are no longer relevant to the tests of today. | | | | difficulty-level wise performance in each test. This |
| Take, for instance, the case of CAT. Until | | | | ensures that you allocate your crucial study hours |
| 2006-07, CAT was a paper based exam which | | | | to the weaker areas exposed by each test and |
| was thought to be created to challenge one’s | | | | eliminate the possibility of time-wastage on doing |
| speed and accuracy in solving complex and | | | | anything and everything. The tool achieves this by |
| calculation focused problems. However, post 2006, | | | | presenting the “time per question” graph, |
| the speed building strategies became obsolete and | | | | “percentage correct” graph and |
| the need for logical problem solving methods | | | | “accuracy achieved” graph in a format |
| became indispensible. Then came 2009 and we | | | | that can be easily interpreted. The unique |
| saw CAT in a brand new Hi-Tech Avatar pressing | | | | capability of the tool to help you check your hold |
| the need for the test prep organizations to | | | | on a topic or a sub-topic at any point of time |
| innovate and change with the rapidly changing | | | | comes handy. |
| times. Similarly, examinations like GRE, GMAT, | | | | Second, it allows you to benchmark your one-test |
| AIEEE and IIT have also kept both test takers as | | | | or all-test-till-date performance with friends and |
| well as the trainers on their toes with one change | | | | toppers. The flexibility offered by the tool is such |
| or the other happening every second year. | | | | that you can benchmark yourself against toppers |
| However much the test patterns change, there is | | | | from a city, educational stream or gender. The |
| one exercise which constitutes an essential | | | | comparison is reflected in the form of graphs and |
| ingredient of a successful test preparation | | | | tables. |
| technique. It is – Test Analytics. There is a | | | | Another unique role that TCY Analytics plays is to |
| Thumb-rule or what we call De-Facto method | | | | automatically recommend and generate new and |
| which is common to all the national and | | | | fresh topic-wise tests on your weaker areas at |
| international tests - “Regular in-depth | | | | regular intervals. It also keeps track of your |
| analysis” of one’s performance. Experts | | | | wrong and un-attempted questions of the past |
| opine that for a test that requires practice on | | | | and presents them in the form of new tests. This |
| 5000 questions, it is recommended to do 500 | | | | aspect comes very handy in exams like CAT |
| questions (covering depth and width of the | | | | wherein students are recommended to attempt |
| content-scope) 10 times with detailed analysis | | | | nearly 65% questions with 85% accuracy. That is, |
| rather than doing all 5000 questions only once. It is | | | | in each practice test, student had to skip nearly |
| this vacuum created by the need for a | | | | 35% of challenging question types, which if not |
| sophisticated and flexible analysis tool that led to | | | | touched later with various approaches, may leave |
| the creation of TCY Analytics – The most | | | | him bamboozled in the real CAT. In this case, the |
| sought after benchmarking tool for any test | | | | TCYonline students stay one step ahead of the |
| preparation. | | | | rest by getting a chance to face such question |
| TCY Analytics is a highly sophisticated | | | | types many times before the final exam. |
| benchmarking tool designed by TCYonline that not | | | | Hence, the opportunity for three dimensional |
| only tracks the performance of a test aspirant | | | | analysis together with the need for a |
| but also follows a logical approach to mentor him | | | | sophisticated benchmarking tool has made TCY |
| for improvement with each test that he takes. | | | | Analytics, the De-Facto method of exam |
| This together with the fact that TCYonline has | | | | preparation. No wonder that the tool claims to |
| over 5 lakh users, which are growing each day, | | | | have generated over 10 million analytics till date. |
| makes it the largest benchmarking tool available. | | | | |