SIBM Bangalore MBA Admissions 2023 has started. Candidates willing to get enrolled must register through the SNAP registration process. The registration began on August 4 and will end on November 24. The entrance examination is expected to be scheduled in December. On the basis of the SNAP entrance examination score, the candidates will be chosen for the MBA courses. Candidates who clear the SNAP entrance examination will have to go through the in-person assessment process which consists of personal interview, group exercise and writing ability. Candidates opting for the Executive MBA program have to go through counseling for final selection. Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST). For an MBA Executive program, a candidate must have normal MBA degree requirements along with a minimum of 2 years of working experience. Registration can only be done through online mode. 

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SIBM Bangalore MBA Cutoff 2023

• Candidates scoring equal to or above the SNAP cutoff percentile will be eligible to participate in an in-person assessment.
• The SNAP cutoff will be released on the SIBM Bangalore official website after the examination.
• The SNAP cutoff is the minimum percentage limit set by SIBM Bangalore to shortlist candidates for MBA admissions.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited for the In-person assessment via email only.
• Qualified candidates will have to fill out an online form to appear in an in-person assessment.
• The SNAP cutoff will only be accessible to those candidates who appeared in the examination.
• The expected cutoff for SIBM Bangalore is 90+.

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SIBM Bangalore MBA Cutoff 2023: Factors Determining

SIBM Bangalore will decide the cutoff for SNAP 2023. The factors that affect the determining criteria are as follows -

• Difficulty of the SNAP 2023 examination.
• The number of candidates who will appear in the 2023 SNAP examination.
• The number of seats available in the SIBM Bangalore. 
• The number of candidates qualifying for the SNAP 2023 examination.

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SIBM Bangalore 2023 MBA Selection Criteria

On the basis of the cutoff, SIBM Bangalore starts the shortlisting of candidates after the declaration of the result. Admission through SNAP includes In-person assessment which consists of Group Exercise (GE), Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). The selection procedure for SIBM Bangalore through SNAP 2023 is expected to begin in the first week of February 2023. It will end during the last week of the same month. The schedule for the in-person assessment is released after the selection is completed.

Group Exercise (GE) 

The Group Exercise (GE) for the SIBM Bangalore 2023 MBA SNAP examination will be conducted in two stages. In the first stage, a group will be given a limited time and will be asked to solve a puzzle. The aim of this task is to test the candidate’s ability to coordinate and strategies as a group. Leadership and teamwork are the major factors which will be looked upon during this exercise.

The second stage will consist of group discussion. The candidates will be asked to debate on a topic which they will be given in a group. Five minutes of preparation time will be given to think about the debate strategy. Convincing ability, communication ability and clarity of thoughts are the factors which will be looked at by the conducting authority during this round.

Written Ability Test (WAT)

The Written Ability Test (WAT) is an essay competition round in which the candidates are asked to write an essay on a given topic. The candidate’s analytical and interpretive ability is tested by this round. A video may also be shown to candidates to make a story out of it.

Personal Interview (PI)

In the Personal Interview (PI), the candidates will be asked about themselves and their plans. Why do they want to join the SIBM Bangalore and why do they want to do MBA from this institute only? Candidates should prepare themselves for the interview and try to impress the interviewee. 

The following parameters are taken into consideration when calculating the final marks of the candidates - 

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SIBM Bangalore MBA Cutoff 2023

For the academic session of 2023-25, the MBA cutoff is expected to remain unchanged seeing the previous year's cutoffs. The cutoff is released by SIBM Bangalore after the completion of the SNAP examination. Candidates must go through the previous year’s cut-offs to assess the examination requirements. The cutoff remains the same for all the categories. The section will be updated once the official notification gets released.

SIBM Bangalore 2020 and 2021 cutoff for different MBA courses is as follows - 

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SIBM Bangalore Cutoff for 2023 MBA Raw Scores 

The anticipated SNAP cutoffs (raw score) for admission to the MBA batch of 2023 for top business schools are listed in the table below:

The aggregate SNAP cutoff percentiles for admission to the MBA class of 2023 for top business schools are provided below in the table:

Previous year’s SNAP cutoffs

The previous year’s SNAP cutoffs for admission into MBA courses from top business schools are provided in the table below. The candidates can use these cutoffs as reference. The cutoff for SIBM Bangalore and other top business education institutes has not changed over the years. The table provides SNAP cutoffs for the last three years. 

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