SNAP Score vs Percentile 2024 (Expected): Find Out College Cutoffs

With the SNAP 2023 results out, it is imperative for students to get the difference between their SNAP scores and SNAP percentiles. After all, while the scorecards include their scores, admissions across SNAP-accepting institutions are based on the percentile. Also, for those looking to give SNAP this year in 2024, knowing past trends can help get to the right target score based on your college preference.

So, how does your SNAP percentile compare to your SNAP marks? Does it remain constant every year? What does the SNAP percentile tell you? Can you predict your percentile based on your expected marks? And what are the cutoffs for the top colleges under SIU? We’ll answer all these questions and more in this blog – SNAP score vs SNAP percentile 2024.

What does the SNAP marking scheme look like?

Before we delve into the minutiae of your SNAP percentile, let’s take a look at how your SNAP score is calculated. It’s a pretty straightforward process:

1. For each correct answer, you’re awarded a +1.
2. For each incorrect answer, you get a -0.25.
3. For questions you don’t attempt, you will get no marks.
4. There are a total of 60 questions, bringing the maximum possible marks up to 60.
5. The SNAP score reflected on your scorecard is called your raw score. While this will be used to shortlist you for the GDPI process, it won’t be used in this form to qualify you for a final admission offer.
6. For the final admission offer, the raw score is reduced to a score out of 50. The remaining 50 is allotted to the group discussion, the interview, and other factors. Your final admission depends on your score out of 100.

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Since this article primarily focuses on decoding the SNAP score vs percentile debate, we’ll only talk about the raw scores for now.

So, what does your SNAP score mean?

Simply put, your SNAP score is a summation of the marks awarded or deducted for your correct as well as incorrect attempts. For instance, a candidate who attempts 52 questions, gets 45 right, and 7 wrong will be awarded:

(45*1) – (7*0.25) = 43.25 marks

How is it different from your SNAP percentile?

Your SNAP percentile is a depiction of where you stand in relation to your peers – a measure of the number of candidates you scored better than. If you are awarded 95%ile, that simply means that your score was better than 95% of all test takers. This percentile number fluctuates every year based on a number of factors:

• The number of test takers (This number increased by nearly 40% in 2023)
• The difficulty level of the paper (SNAP 2023 was easier than SNAP 2022)
• The aptitude of your fellow test takers (This factor can’t be measured on the metric system)

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All these factors combine to result in an upward drag on the SNAP scores associated with the benchmark percentiles. As opposed to last year, corresponding scores for each percentile have gone up by 5-7 marks.

SNAP score vs percentile 2024 – What does it look like?

We expect SNAP to follow a similar pattern as 2023. If there are any changes in the expected percentiles and scores, we’ll update them here.

SNAP score vs percentile 2023 – What does it look like?

As mentioned above, the lower difficulty level and significantly higher number of test takers resulted in a massive uptick in the SNAP marks vs percentile correlation for 2023. The 99%ile score was above 45, while in 2022, the same number the previous year was closer to 40. The 95%ile score for 2023 was 40+, while in 2022 it was around 34-35. Take a look at the table below to get a clearer picture of what’s changed.

What are the SNAP cutoffs for the top colleges?

The higher competition hasn’t just made it harder to score a higher percentile, but it has also made it harder to get into the best colleges by pushing the cutoff percentiles higher. We expect SIBM Pune to close above 98%ile and SCMHRD above 95%ile. We’ve compiled the colleges and their cutoff percentiles below. Compare them to the SNAP score vs percentile 2024 table above to determine the baseline marks you need to qualify for your preferred program.

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Conclusion

Getting a high SNAP score, considering the competitive nature of the exam, is imperative to securing admission to colleges such as SIBM and SCMHRD. In the IMS NMAT-SNAP-CET Classroom program, students get access to customised prep for SNAP, ensuring they are well prepared to answer the specific types of questions asked in SNAP. Moreover, the course also covers several different exams enabling you to confidently appear for NMAT, CET, CMAT, ATMA, MAT, and IBSAT. Fill up the form here – NMAT-SNAP-CET Classroom Program – to know more.

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