What After SET Exam? Results, Cutoff List, Counselling

What After SET Exam? Every year students appear for the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) after graduating or in some cases even before passing their class 12 examinations and students often find themselves asking ‘What after the SET exam?’

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) conducts the Symbiosis Entrance Test for admissions to bachelor’s degree courses in the fields of management, economics, computer science, and liberal arts in any of the Symbiosis institutes.

The Symbiosis institutes are some of the most popular institutes in India for higher education and the SET exam is the first step in the admissions process to these colleges and universities.

Admission Process after SET

The admission process for undergraduate courses in any Symbiosis institute begins with the students registering and appearing for the SET exam but there are other rounds of assessment that aspirants need to clear before they receive their admission/offer letters. 

Declaration of Results

Following the SET examination, the results for SET are declared by the authorities after proper evaluation. Students can view their sectional scores as well as their overall score in SET when the results are announced.

The SET results are announced in the form of scorecards on the official website of SET and are available for a duration of one month from the date of the announcement. 

There is no privilege for students to apply for re-evaluation of SET results. Students can download their scorecards for SET using the instructions given below:

• Candidates have to visit the official website for SET i.e. ‘www.set-test.org’
• Candidates need to find the option/tab named ‘SET Score Card’ and click on it.
• Candidates will be redirected to a login window where they have to provide their credentials i.e. ‘SET ID’ and ‘Password’
• Once logged in successfully, candidates will be able to view their scorecards for SET.
• Candidates will have the option to print their scorecards or download them in PDF file format when viewing their scorecards.

Release of Cutoff List

Although the SET result is common for all Symbiosis institutes and is released on the same day for all of them, every individual Symbiosis institute releases its own cutoff list for admissions to that particular institute.

The cutoff list for each Symbiosis college is released on their respective websites after the announcement of the SET results.

The cutoff for all the participating institutes as well as the courses that they offer, students need to keep track of all these cutoff lists for the Symbiosis institutes where they want to seek admission. 

The SET cutoff list is prepared on the basis of the following parameters:

• The number of SET candidates for that particular academic year.
• Number of seats available for admissions
• SET exam difficulty level.

Students can check the SET cutoff for the last two years given below to have a rough idea of what they can expect for SET 2021.

Read More: Symbiosis Courses

SET Counselling

Admissions to any Symbiosis institute involve various forms of assessment besides the SET exam. Candidates who clear the cutoff criteria for a particular Symbiosis institute will receive a call letter to take part in that institute’s counselling process.

The SET counselling process is conducted by individual Symbiosis institutes where students are required to showcase their abilities in communication, management, leadership, grammar and vocabulary, general awareness, personality, academics, etc. The SET counselling process mainly involves:

• Written Ability Test (WAT) - A short essay on any general topic allotted by the panel of judges along with a Picture Association Test (PAT) is taken. Candidates might also be asked subjective questions on the given topic.
• Personal Interview (PI) - Candidates will be interviewed by industry/ academic professionals and experts where they will be evaluated on:
• Overall Personality and Communication Skills
• Academic prowess and field of interest.
• General Knowledge and Awareness
• Extracurricular Activities.
• Studio Test (only for SCMC Pune) - A studio test of candidates at the specified centre is taken after the WAT and PI rounds.
• Document Verification - All documents provided by the candidate for admission purposes are verified which include:
•  Academic Marksheets (Class 12 and Class 10)
• SET Scorecard
• Address Proof
• Birth Certificate
• Migration Certificate (if required)
• Transfer Certificate (if required)
• Caste Certificate (if required)

Read More: Symbiosis Fee Structure

Selection of Candidates

After the conclusion of the counselling process, candidates are scored on the entire SET admission process beginning from the SET exam itself.

Based on the scores that candidates receive after the counselling process a merit list of shortlisted candidates will be announced by each institute. Admissions are offered to those candidates who clear the selection criteria.

The SET selection criteria are as follows:

Read more: Symbiosis Admission

SET Participating Colleges

SET aspirants must make sure before applying for admissions or before registering for SET, which Symbiosis colleges accept SET scores as selection criteria.

The seven institutes that accept SET scores along with the UG courses which they offer are:

Even when students have decided which undergraduate course they want to pursue and which college they want to pursue their higher education in, knowledge of every detail and process regarding admissions, selection criteria, and the institute itself is essential.

It is often seen that students rush into the decision of choosing a college or a bachelor’s degree based on partial or even minimal information about the institute mostly due to many of their peers joining the same institute.

Later on, students realize their ill-formed and badly made decisions and find themselves in a problematic situation. Proper research-based information will help students clear their doubts, make an informed decision and choose a UG course and institute that will lead to a fruitful career ahead.

Also Read: List of Symbiosis Colleges in India

SET Previous Years Cutoff

Candidates can refer to the table below to know the previous year's cutoff trends.