SNAP 2015: Important topics need wider attention; update your next 15 days study plan

With barely 15 days left for SNAP 2015 going to be held on December 20, 2015 the prospective test takers are supposed to update their study plan to ace the exam. While preparing for SNAP 2015 the important factor to be kept in mind is that the SNAP cut off percentile for shortlisting at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune usually goes high. According to Dr R Raman, Director SIBM Pune “For the past 5 years, for the MBA program at SIBM, Pune, the cut off percentile has never gone below 97 percentile.” Now the SNAP 2015 takers are required to score that much if they wish to explore admission opportunity at SIBM Pune.

SNAP 2015 will be the mandatory entrance exam to shortlist the candidates for admission to MBA 2016-18 batch at 14 Symbiosis B schools affiliated to Symbiosis International University. The exam will be of traditional paper-pen mode comprising Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and will be of 2 hours duration from 2PM to 4PM.

The online registration and application process for SNAP 2015 was closed on November 30, 2015. There will be 30 test cities where SNAP 2015 is proposed to be conducted.

15 days preparation strategy
Candidates should now gear up for the last 15 days strategy to prepare and revise the more important topics. In view of Prof. S.K. Agarwal, expert on MBA entrance examination preparation, candidates should focus on key topics to score more apart from concentrating on their strong areas. Getting a good score in this test may get the aspirant into one of the highly ranked Symbiosis B-schools.

Verbal Ability & Reading comprehension
6 to 8 questions on error corrections based on grammar, tenses, and correct application of fundamentals, are expected in SNAP 2015. Reading Comprehension may place 6-8 questions. There are 40 questions of 1 mark each in this section and if these two parts are duly taken care of one third of Verbal Ability module is done.

So far SNAP has been placing moderate RC passage with a length of about 500 words followed by 5-6 questions. The level of difficulty of RC passage is not very high and with a regular reading practice one can crack it without much problem.

The common questions that follow the RC passage are tone of the passage, title of the passage, main idea of the passage, explaining the phrases and words and one or two questions on the information given in the passage.

In the next 15 days’ time Error corrections in sentences, Phrasal verbs, syntax, passive voice, conditional sentences, reported speech, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles must be covered to score more in this section. The shape may be finding out the correct/incorrect sentences, fill in the blanks or spotting out the usage in different forms. It is an important part of Verbal Ability section and SNAP gives more weightage to correct contextual usage

Analytical Ability
The 33% part in terms of score in SNAP 2015 is proposed to be covered with Analytical section. SNAP 2015 will award highest weightage to this section. There are 30 questions of 2 marks each. Hence despite the fewer number of questions, the weightage to this section is more.

Sharing about the importance of Analytical Ability in SNAP 2015 with MBAUniverse.com the SNAP 2015 convener and SIBM Pune Director Dr R Raman says “Every successful manager needs to be conversant with analytical skills. In the future business scenario, it is very important to understand and work with quantitative information. This fundamentally makes analytical skills highly important in every aspect for every single job out there in the market, which future managers aspire to take up. Hence analytical Ability in SNAP carries maximum weightage”

The topics to prepare for Analytical Ability are limited and one may organise the studies systematically by placing more focus on following topics.

Seating Arrangements; Matching puzzles; Constraint based arrangements; Blood Relations – family tree; Syllogism; Proposition based followed by either deductive or inductive argument; Assumptions; Statements; Sets; Binary logic; Venn Diagrams; Clocks and Calendars; team formation; Analogy.

Problems on Analytical and logical Ability are based on natural human logics, so they can be understood and solved fairly easily, if proper attention is paid to this section. It serves as an aid to facilitate your entry to the top B-schools since it improves your percentile with a little logical understanding of the reasoning based questions.

General Awareness
Regular reading of newspapers, periodicals, reference book like Manorama Year Book and visiting the General Awareness question bank on MBAUniverse.com site may prove quite beneficial to crack this section in SNAP 2015.

The candidates should split this section in three parts – i) Current Affairs-National & International  ii)Business & Economics  iii) Conventional (currency, capital, personalities, inventions & discoveries, books etc.).  It will be better to refer the material backwards. The test paper for SNAP 2015 is expected to be prepared by the first week of December 2015 so it may not be required to concentrate on the events that take place after December 7, 2015.

Quantitative Ability
This section has three parts with 40 questions in all, namely Quantitative Ability, Data sufficiency and Data Interpretation. The section is expected to be moderate. It is therefore, advisable to work more on strong areas instead of starting some new concept. Questions based on DI and DS may be solved with the support of available information. Candidates should revise and practice more to score much.

SNAP 2015 will contain objective type questions. Each question will have 4 responses. Candidate should choose an appropriate response. Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.

SNAP 2015 test takers will have the option to choose one of the following 30 test cities while going for the registration process. Agra; Ahmedabad; Allahabad; Bengaluru; Bhopal; Bhubaneshwar; Chandigarh; Chennai; Delhi; Faridabad; Gurgaon; Guwahati; Hyderabad; Indore; Jaipur; Jamshedpur; Kanpur; Kochi; Kolkata; Kolhapur; Lucknow; Mumbai; Nagpur; Nashik; Noida; Patna; Pune; Surat; Vashi and Visakhapatnam.

Online registration for SNAP 2015 was closed on November 30, 2015. If you have registered and wish to change any detail in on-line application, the same could be made only upto the closing date of registration.

Registration and application process for SNAP 2015 is online and the test is the mandatory exam for admission to MBA programmes in 14 Symbiosis institutes for the batch 2016-18
Acceding to the request of SNAP 2015 aspirants who could not apply and pay due to incessant rains and difficult condition in Tamilnadu, Symbiosis International University (SIU) has extended the last date to register and apply for SNAP 2015 to November 30 from November 24, 2015.

SNAP 2015 is the mandatory entrance test for admission to MBA 2016-18 batch in 14 Symbiosis B-schools across the country and is proposed to be held on December 20, 2015 in paper pen mode.

Announcing the extension Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune has shared with MBAUniverse.com that due to heavy rains,floods and cyclones in Chennai and many other parts of Southern India, Normal life was severely affected. There were many who could not apply and pay as per their plans, due to power cuts and other inconveniences. Numerous requests from students regarding this issue were received by SIU. The University therefore felt the need to extend the last date for application and payment for SNAP and accordingly has extended the deadline till Nov 30, 2015.

Gateway to MBA 2016-18 in 14 Symbiosis B-schools, the registration for Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2015 was opened on August 24, 2015. The exam is going to be convened on Sunday, December 20, 2015 in 30 test cities as paper-pen based test containing Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

Registration and application process for SNAP 2015 is online and the test is the mandatory exam for admission to MBA programmes in 14 Symbiosis institutes for the batch 2016-18.

Participating B-schools in SNAP 2015
Following is the list of Symbiosis B-schools who will accept SNAP 2015 scores for MBA admission to 2016-18 batch along with the MBA programmes offered.

Step wise Registration process
Registration for SNAP 2015 is online process and will now close on November 30, 2015. In case any Changes in the online application form are required to be made, it can be done only up to the closing date of Registration. After that no change will be permitted by SIU.

Upload scanned Photograph & Signature
Please keep your scanned high profile photograph and signature ready in your computer system. You will be required to upload your latest scanned coloured photograph to establish identity.

Application fee
A fee of Rs 1500/- to appear in SNAP 2015 is required to be paid while finalizing your registration for the test.

How to pay for SNAP 2015
There are 3 modes of fee Payment for the SNAP 2015 Test

Online Payment of fee
The candidate may pay directly through Master or Visa card online by following the instructions on the SNAP website after the registration. The candidate may also transfer SNAP test fee to Symbiosis Test Secretariat account using Net Banking option after the registration.

Payment in Cash
After online SNAP 2015 registration, please print ‘Axis Bank or Indian Bank Challan’ from the SNAP website. It is in 3 parts. Pay Rs. 1500/- in cash at any Axis Bank or Indian Bank branch in your city. Refer to the list of branches on the website. The bank will return two stamped parts of the ‘Axis Bank or Indian Bank Challan’ to the candidate. Candidates need to keep the Candidate copy as payment receipt.

Sign the stamped ‘Symbiosis copy’ of the ‘Axis Bank or Indian Bank Challan’ and send it to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat at the address given on the page.

Payment by Demand Draft
Obtain a Demand Draft (DD) of Rs. 1500/- from any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune. Fill DD details in the DD payment option in SNAP website and take a print out of ‘Payment Advice’ form for DD and send it along with the DD to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat. The photocopy of the Demand Draft should be retained for future reference.

SIBM Pune one of the most sought after B-schools in India has high ROI. Sharing about the USPs of SIBM Pune Dr R Raman, Director of the B-school says “The essential strong pillars of SIBM Pune are its illustrious alumni, exemplary students, outstanding full time faculty and numerous visiting faculty members from the corporate and industry.”

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