SNAP

SNAP fee is not refundable under any circumstances. Candidates cannot ask for fee refund if they fill the form incorrectly or do not appear for the exam.

No, one cannot join the SIMC Pune MBA programme until he/she appears for and clears the SNAP exam with valid marks. Students are only able to fill out the application form for the course after registering for the SNAP test. Only those students are shortlisted for further admission process, who meet the required cutoff of SNAP exams.

The SNAP registration for the SIMC Pune MBA course begins in the month of August and goes on till January. This duration covers processes like registration, admit card release, SNAP exam dates, and declaration of results. See below all the related dates for SNAP:

No, SNAP is not a mandatory entrance exam to qualify for MBA at Symbiosis International, Pune. In addition to SNAP, candidates can also appear for MAH-CET to qualify for MBA admissions. 

Under certain circumstances, Symbiosis International, Pune may also grant direct admission to a candidate.

The minimum marks of every SIU institute varies. While for SIBM Pune and SCHMRD the minimum cut off is usually 95-98 percentile, the cut offs for SSBF Pune is nearly 60.

SNAP final merit list is prepared on the basis of candidate's entrance exam score, academic profile, work profile and GE-PI performance.

There is no SNAP counselling fee to be paid. The fee is already charged in SNAP application fee per college selection.

SNAP candidates are not required to apply separately for all SIU campuses. They can select colleges in the SNAP application form. However, they need to fill the PI-shortlist form separately for whichever colleges they get shortlisted.

According to the latest SNAP exam pattern the paper will be divided into three sections. Every question will carry 1 mark and there is negative marking of 0.25.

·       English has 15 questions

·       Quants, DI-DS has 20 questions

·       A-LR has 25 questions

Between SNAP and NMAT, the former is considered easier in terms of difficulty level of the questions. However, SNAP is of 60 minutes in which candidates have to address 60 question. This makes SNAP more challenging than NMAT which is a test of longer duration (2 hours having 108 questions).