Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test, popular as SNAP is a national-level management entrance test, administered by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for admission to its 15 institutes offering management programmes. SNAP 2019 will be an online exam of two-hour duration. The total number of seats for the Post Graduate Management programme through SNAP scores is around 1,867. SNAP 2019  will be held on December 15 between 2 PM- 4 PM. The SNAP 2019 result will be announced on January 10, 2019.

SNAP, the national-level management entrance exam is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for admission to its 15 institutes. They prescribe the SNAP 2019 eligibility criteria. According to the SNAP eligibility criteria 2019, candidates should meet the following criteria-

• A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised college/university with at least 50 per cent aggregate marks.
• Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe category candidates should secure a minimum of 45 per cent in their graduation from any recognised institute across disciplines.
• Candidates who have obtained foreign degrees/qualifications should it verified from AIU before applying for admission to any programme under Symbiosis University.
• The final year graduation students are also eligible to apply for SNAP exam. However, they must complete their bachelor's degree with the requisite aggregate percentage or equivalent CGPA during admission.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other

The application form for SNAP 2019 has been released by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) on August 16, 2019. The last date to apply is November 26, 2019 (extended). 

Things to Remember- 

• Prospective test takers must provide their correct name, DOB (date of birth), mobile number and email address as these details are not editable once the SNAP registration process is complete.
• Candidates will not be able to change of test city requests once they have completed their SNAP online test 2018 payment.
• Candidates should be cautious at the time of uploading their latest scanned colour passport size photo at the time of online registration for SNAP test as it should not be more than 3 months old.
• All the information entered by the aspirants should be accurate.

Registration Fee-

The SNAP registration amount (Rs. 1750) can be paid through i) Demand Draft ii) Indian Bank Gateway iii) Axis Bank Gateway iv) Billdesk Gateway.

Payment through demand draft- Firstly, examinees should choose the mode of Payment as 'DD Payment' in "Make Payment" tab. 

Then a demand draft (DD) of Rs. 2065 (SNAP Application Fee- Rs.1750 and Rs. 315 as GST @18%) needs to be drawn from any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune. A print of the payment advice form is a mandate after filling in the DD Details including candidates' signature. Then it has to be sent along with the DD to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat only at,

SYMBIOSIS TEST SECRETARIAT,

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, Dist.: Pune – 412115

Phone: 020-39116226/ 27.

Application Fees

SNAP 2019 is an online (computer-based) exam consisting four sections and carrying 110 multiple choice questions. The total score adds up to 150 (differential marking scheme).

Scoring Scheme: Each question will carry one mark and special questions carry 2 marks for each question. Every correct answer will give one mark and each incorrect response will deduct 25 percent of the allotted marks. 

SNAP 2019 Exam Pattern                                       

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) released the SNAP 2019 Mock Test for the applicants who had completed the process by paying the requisite application fee.  According to the exam authorities, the SNAP 2019 mock test provided the real-time test-taking experience to candidates. 

The SNAP 2019 admit card will be released online by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) on December 2, 2019. Following are the credentials that would be mentioned in the SNAP admit card 2019

• Candidate’s name, roll number

• Exam date & time

• Test venue, address of the venue, and Test venue code

• Exam day Instructions

On the day of the exam, candidates have to carry the admit card of SNAP 2019 as well as a photo ID proof. The IDs that can be produced for verification purpose are passport/PAN card/voter ID card/driving license/Aadhaar card (UID)/ credit card (photo attached)/ college ID card.

SNAP 2019 answer key is expected to release in the fourth week of December 2019. Candidates will have to login to the official website through their SNAP 2019 credentials and check the Answer Key of SNAP 2019 after it is announced. They can also file for challenges till fourth week of December, 2019. For each answer challenge, candidates have to pay Rs. 590 (Rs. 500 + 18 per cent GST). If the challenge is found to be valid, the amount of Rs. 500 (excluding the GST would be refunded). 

A scrutiny committee set up by SIU would review each and every challenged question. SIU will communicate the decision of the challenged questions by email before second week of January 2019, to all those candidates who had submitted the challenges against the SNAP 2019 answer keys and paid the amount of challenge form. 

Candidates have to ensure that they put a valid reason or explanation in the Remarks column with each SNAP 2019 answer key challenge. The ambiguous challenge will not be considered. The decision of the SIU committee will be final.