SNAP

SNAP 2011 - Symbiosis National Aptitude Test 2011 - Important Dates SNAP 2011 scheduled on December 18 Exam Date:Dec18 Form Availability:Aug 25 - Nov 23 Website:www.symbiosis.ac.in Forms Available At:Selected branches of Axis Bank Application Fee:Rs. 1550/-

Registration Closes on November 23, 2011 - Wednesday

Payment Closes on November 25, 2011 – Friday

SNAP Test 2011 December 18, 2011 – Sunday

Announcement of Result January 12, 2012 - Thursday

Application Process: 1- Log in to www.snaptest.org to register for SNAP Test. 2- Payment through cash : After online SNAP 2011 registration print ‘Axis Bank Challan’ from SNAP website, this is in 3 parts. Pay Rs. 1550/- in cash only at any Axis Bank branch in your city. Sign and stamped ‘Symbiosis copy’ of the ‘Axis Bank Challan’ is required to be sent to “Symbiosis Test Secretariat”. 3- Payment through demand draft: Get a demand draft for Rs. 1550/- from any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune. Take a print out and sign the ‘Payment Advice’ form to send along with the DD to the “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” only at address mentioned in Contact info field. 4- Online payment through credit card: The candidate may pay directly through either Master or Visa card online and follow the instructions on the SNAP website. 5- Online payment through net banking : The candidate may transfer SNAP test fee to Symbiosis Test Secretariat account using Net Banking option too. Eligibility: The applicant should have graduation degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) in aggregate. Contact Info: SYMBIOSIS TEST SECRETARIAT, Symbiosis International University Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, Dist: Pune – 412115 Phone: 020-39116226

020-39116226 / 27 Telefax: 020-39116228

What is SNAP ?

SNAP Test for Symbiosis Postgraduate Programmes

Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a common written test for the admission processes of Symbiosis postgraduate institutes. These institutes are either affiliated to SIEC Deemed University or approved by AICTE. SNAP Test is conducted under the aegis of SIEC Deemed University. It is a mandatory written test for admission into any postgraduate programme at Symbiosis. However, it is only the first step. Each institute has its own selection process and a student aspiring to do higher studies at Symbiosis needs to do the following:

Stage-1: SNAP Test

Register online at www.snaptest.org
Follow the instructions for payment of Test fee of Rs. 800/- on this website.
On closing of Registration, print “Admit Card” from the website.
Paste candidate’s photograph on the Admit Card.
Bring the Admit Card on which the candidates photograph is pasted and a Photo Identity to the Test Center. (Candidates should note that authenticated Admit Card is an important document without which no candidate can appear for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. Candidates shall preserve the Admit Card till the Group Discussion and Personal Interview is over. If the Admit card is lost, no duplicate Admit Card will be issued and the candidate will lose the chance to appear for Group Discussion and Personal Interview.)
Appear for the Test.

Stage 2: Submit Application form to a Symbiosis Institute of your choice. • Purchase a prospectus & application form as per a chosen institute’s instructions given on its website. • Fill in the application form completely and submit to the institute. • You can apply to more than one Symbiosis institute. Stage 3: Attend the call for further selection process of the chosen institutes. • Each institute has its own weightages for arriving at a cutoff, depending on its focused field. For example, SIMC may have lower weightages for Quantitative Section while SCIT or SICSR may have a higher weightages for the same section. • The institutes will announce a short list for attending further selection process. • The individual institutes as per their schedules will announce Short List & Waiting Lists. • For details of selection process and schedules please refer to the prospectus of respective institutes.

Important

Mere scoring in the SNAP Test does not entitle any right to the candidate to be called for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. Those candidates who are above the cut-off point based on parameters mentioned in the prospectus will be eligible for group discussion and personal Interview.
While adequate care is taken in ensuring that there are no mistakes in reading the answer sheet by the scanning machine, there is no provision of revaluation of the answer sheet of any candidate.
The scores published by the Symbiosis Test Secretariat shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal or revaluation.
The SNAP Score card will be available on the website for a period of one month from the date of declaration of results i.e. up to February 7, 2008.
Those candidates paying through cash or DD, should ensure that

Axis Bank (formerly UTI Bank) Challan for cash payment, or
Demand Drafts and Payment Advice Form for DD payment

Should reach Symbiosis Test Secretariat by 30 th November 2007. Symbiosis Test Secretariat will not be held responsible for non-delivery or any delay on the part of Courier / Postal Services.

SNAP Test Structure

SNAP Test duration is 120 minutes.

SNAP Test is an objective test and has 150 questions. Each question has 4 responses. Candidate should choose an appropriate response. It has 4 sections. In three sections each question carries 1 mark and in the one section each question carries 2 marks. Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.

The four sections are:

Sr. No.	Section	Number of Questions	Total Marks
1.	General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability	40	40
2.	Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency	40	40
3.	General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario	40	40
4.	Analytical & Logical Reasoning	30	60
	Total	150	180

Symbiosis Postgraduate Programmes

Programmes Offered 2-year residential full time “Post Graduate Diploma in Management” (PGDM) The following are the specializations some of which may be shifted to the Bangalore campus when it becomes operational.

Programmes offered in January 2008 Session & June 2008 Session (Pune) • IT Business Management Software Development and Management (June Session) • Information System and Security (Jan & June Session) • Networks & IT Infrastructure (June Session) • Software Development & Management (June Session) • Systems (June Session) 24 Postgraduation streams to choose from. Click on an institute to know more.

Sr. No	Degrees	Specializations	Institutes
01	MBA	Dual Specializations System and Finance	SITM
02	MBA	Dual specializations in Marketing and Finance	SITM
03	MBA	Agribusiness	SIIB
04	MSC	Computer Application	SICSR
05	MBA	Finance	SIBM
			SIMS
			SCMHRD
06	MSC	Geoinformatics	SIG
07	MBA	Hospital & Health care	SIHS
08	MBA	Human Resource	SIBM
08	MBA	Human Resource	SCMHRD
09	MBA	Information & Communication Techonology	SIMS
10	MBA	Information Systems and Security	SCIT
10	MBA	Information Systems and Security
11	MBA	Information Technology	SICSR
12	MBA	International Business	SIIB
12	MBA	International Business	SCMHRD
13	MBA	IT Business Management	SCIT
13	MBA	IT Business Management	SCMHRD
14	MBA	Marketing	SIBM
			SIMS
			SCMHRD
15	MBA	Marketing Communication	SIBM
16	MBA	Communication Management	SIMC
17	MA	Masters In Mass Communication	SIMC
18	MBA	Networks & IT Infrastructure	SCIT
19	MBA	Operations Management	SIOM
			SIBM
			SIMS
			SCMHRD
20	MBA	PM & Human Resource	SIMS
21	MBA	Retail Management and International business	SIMS
22	MBA	Software Development & Management	SCIT
23	MBA	Systems	SIMS
23	MBA	Systems	SCIT
24	MBA	Telecom Management	SITM