Students’ Speak: Here’s how to deal with a low SNAP 2019 score
Xavier Aptitude Test 2025 ( XAT )
By: Utkarsh Rastogi
You made some mistakes, but that's not the end of life. I realised my mistakes on the exam day and therefore, prepared better for my other exams.
SNAP is a difficult exam for anyone to crack and get a good score. And to be true, I have had a really bad experience with SNAP. I went in for the exam all focused and something happened, and I still think it was my worst performance as compared to the other ones. What hurt me was that I did work hard for the exam. I gave all the mocks that were possible. I read all GK I could get my hands on and I still could not perform on the exam day. Now after I analysed what happened, I realised that I did silly mistakes and that was something which took away my chance with SNAP. The very first thing that I did wrong was that I took the exam lightly. There were certain concepts that I thought I knew by heart and therefore did not revise on the exam day. Another thing was that I did not take the time in consideration on the exam day. I missed out on deadlines that I decided for the exam day.
Now, it was very naive of me to prepare casually for such an important exam which turned out to be a setback for me and when the results were out, I was not surprised. Now some would consider this as a failure, but it was a lesson for the rest of my life. Instead of lingering upon something that I did wrong, I now focus on how I could have avoided the mistakes. Deal with it. You made some mistakes, but that's not the end of life. I realised my mistakes on the exam day and therefore, prepared better for my other exams.
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About the Author:
Utkarsh Rastogi is a student of University Business School, Panjab University pursuing International Business. He is a person who has always prioritized dedication over anything. He likes organising events and is a part of the core organising team of TEDx as well as a Management Conclave in the past 8 months.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 days ago
Jiwaji University PGDM admissions are granted based on various national-level exam scores, including XAT. As per the institute's cutoff data for 2023, the XAT cutoff percentile for General All India category students stood at 50.
Students must note that this cutoff can vary depending upon the diffic
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
XAT 2025 exam had only 2 sections in the question paper, Part 1 had Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making and Verbal Ability. Part 2 consisted of General Knowledge section. Essay Writing has been removed from the entrance test. It is a part of XLRI PI selection process. The total time duration of X
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered 6 days ago
XAT 2025 exam was of moderate difficulty level. The students who had appeared for the exam last year, said the XAT 2025 question paper was not much different. Section wise, Quantitative Aptitude questions were on the tougher side, Verbal Ability and Decision Making were easy to moderate and GK was e
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered a week ago
A XAT percentile of 7.2471 is approximately equivalent to a score of 17-18 out of 100. This score is below the typical cutoff for most top MBA colleges that accept XAT scores. For instance, institutions like XLRI Jamshedpur and MICA Ahmedabad generally require a minimum percentile of 85-90 for cons
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a week ago
Yes, it is possible to crack XAT exam in first attempt. But for that, one needs to have a proper plan and start the preparation about 9-10 months before the exam. XAT is a high difficulty level exam and one needs to cover the exam syllabus end to end to be able to score well. Covering the entire XAT
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered a week ago
Candidates can take reference of subjects and topics from CAT study material for Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude, but XAT preparation has to be exam specific and must include exam specific study material. Aspirants can use CAT sample questions too for practice purpose,
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered a week ago
XAT syllabus for Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude are same as CAT syllabus. Decision Making and General Knowledge syllabus are not a part of CAT syllabus. Thus, XAT aspirants have to study more than CAT aspirants, which is why one needs to have a XAT specific preparation
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered a week ago
There are no non-MCQs in XAT. All the questions are in MCQ format with four options to choose the correct answer from. There are neither Type in the Answer and nor subjective answer type questions. Earlier, there used to be essay writing which required candidates to type a short essay on screen.
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered a week ago
As per the latest XAT exam pattern, the question paper has only 2 parts. Part 1 consists of VALR, DM and QA DI questions. Part 2 consists of GK questions. Essay Writing is not a part of the online test. The total time duration is 180 minutes or 3 hours. Part 1 is of 170 minutes and Part 2 is of 10 m
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Beginner-Level 3
Answered 2 weeks ago
XAT score calculation process is simple as the marking scheme is pretty straightforward. The total marks of XAT 2025 is 95. The test has 95 questions each carry 1 mark. Section wie distribution is:
VALR: 26 marks
DM: 21 marks
QADI: 28 marks
GK: 20 marks
However, since GK marks are not to be included in X
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What is Jiwaji University PGDM cutoff for XAT?