Students’ Speak: Last-minute preparation tips for SNAP

By: Abhishek Desai

Watch out for the videos and articles of the previous SNAP toppers and know-how they leveraged their time and resources, and which strategy they used to score so well. 

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) will be held on December 15. So aspirants planning to appear for the exam, here are some last-minute tips that could help you sail through.

• My advice to the aspirants would be being well-versed with all the important formulas, calculation tricks and shortcuts in the next two Refrain from studying any new concept at this last moment; rather focus well on whatever you have covered before.
• At this stage, do not attempt more than two mocks, and analyse them thoroughly to eliminate the mistakes, if any. Also, make a note of such errors to avoid losing both marks as well as your morale on the exam day. Watch out for the videos and articles of the previous SNAP toppers and know-how they leveraged their time and resources, and which strategy they used to score so well.
• Focus on accuracy more than the total attempts. Try at least meeting the sectional cutoffs which would take care of your overall score. A score of around 97.5 and 96 percentiles should ideally be good enough to get interview calls from SIBM and SCMHRD, respectively.

Section-wise strategy

• General English: Take a quick glance at the Reading Comprehension passages to know whether they are easily solvable or not. While attempting the questions in this section, solve those questions first which are more objective or factual in nature. Skim reading would prove handy in this case. Glance through new idioms, phrases, slangs so as to be better informed for handling the Verbal Ability part.
• Analytical & Logical Reasoning: To score well here, candidates should diligently give an ample number of mocks to find more familiarity with the various types of questions. Questions asked in this section are not directly formula based; candidates have to use their intellect while attempting them. Aspirants are advised to practice different data interpretation topics like pie charts, different graphs, line charts, tables and their combinations for the DI section. Topics like arrangements, family tree, etc., are also quite important here.
• Quants, DS & DI: This is more of a concept-driven Candidates should maintain a list of important formulas and concepts. Suppose a question related to “Time and Work” comes, then one should be well versed with this topic to solve it easily and quickly. Hence, it is imperative to know the basic formulas and concepts of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry to score high in this section.
• Current Affairs: Read the newspaper daily and keep a track of the most recent events. In the next three weeks, take out time to go through static GK, Be aware of the major incidents happened in the past six months in India as well as globally. The GK questions are usually based on various topics such as Sports, Economy, Politics, Science, etc.

Always remember that a cool mind will any day perform much better than a stressed mind. So give your best and forget the rest. Good luck! 

About the Author:

Abhishek Desai is currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in e-Business from Welingkar Institute of Management.