SET Law 2023
All you need to know about SET 2023
Symbiosis International University was founded in 1971 by Mr. SB Majumdar who was later awarded Padma Shri in 2005 and Padma Bhushan in 2012. The principal of Symbiosis Law School, Pune Dr. Shashikala Gurpur won the global community service award recently. The entire law faculty are celebrated in their respective subjects.
The students make the faculty proud by winning laurels for the college in moot court competitions, debating events, Model United Nations, extempore events, sports events, cultural events and essay competitions. These are just a few examples and there is much more winning that takes place at the college.
The college provides scholarships to its meritorious students and is part of colleges to which government scholarships for SC and ST students apply.
There are student exchange programs in collaboration with the esteemed Leiden University, Leibniz University, the law college of Osfalia university of applied sciences, University college cork, Ireland, Berlin school of Economics and Law, University College Dublin, Dauphine University, France.
Symbiosis International University conducts its own entrance test for admission into its three constituent law colleges which are
- Symbiosis Law School, Pune
- Symbiosis Law School, Noida
- Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
Eligibility
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Educational background
The students are eligible to apply only when they have scored 45% marks in XII grade when they belong to the general category and 40% marks when they belong to the SC or ST category.
Those who are appearing for grade XII exams can also apply provided that they show the passing certificate at the time of admissions.
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Age limit
The maximum age limit to apply for SET law in the general category is 20 years and for SC and ST candidates it is 22 years. The age has to be calculated as on July 1,2023.
Registration process
The first step is to register online on the website www.set-test.org. You will need a latest scanned photograph at the time of registration. The fee that you have to pay is Rs.1500. The admit card can be downloaded from the same website. The date to start downloading the admit card is from April, 2023 onwards. You will have to take the admit card and photo ID proof with you when are appearing for the test. No new admit card will be issued in case if you end up losing the original admit card.
Exam fee and program registration fee
One has to pay Rs 1500 as application fee for SET and Rs 1000 as SLS program registration fee.
The mode of payment for both SET registration and SLS can be either of the following
- Online payment- The dates during which payment has to be made are prescribed on the SET registration form. There is an option to pay by credit card or via net banking.
- Demand draft- The DD should be in favor of Symbiosis Test Secretariat and is payable at Pune. This DD has to be sent to Symbiosis Test Secretariat, SIU, gram Lavale, Tal:Mulashi, District Pune 412115 within the prescribed dates. You will also need to send a DD payment form along with the DD. The form can be found on DD payment option on the SET website.
Please note that payment to both SET and the Symbiosis college are mandatory. The last dates to pay the SET and SLS program registration fee are given below in the important dates section.
Exam centres
The best part about SET is that there are enough number of centres and you can choose a centre which is in your city or closest to where you stay. The following cities have a centre
- Ahmadabad
- Bangalore
- Bhubaneswar
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Pune
- Kochi
Exam pattern
| Section | Maximum marks |
| Logical reasoning | 30 |
| Legal reasoning | 30 |
| Analytical reasoning | 30 |
| Reading comprehension | 30 |
| GK | 30 |
| Total marks | 150 |
The total time to solve the paper is 2: 30 hours
SET 2023 Analysis
This is a section wise analysis of the paper. If the paper is tough overall then the cut off remains low and for a simple paper the cut off goes high. Let's look at the various sections of the paper and analyze them individually.
Logical reasoning
First let us talk about the simplest questions from this category. The maximum number of questions, seven simple questions, were from the cause and effect category. There were five simple questions from the category of statement assumption and there were four simple questions each from statement conclusion, statement argument and syllogism. The one question about coding was also simple. That makes it 25 simple questions. The difficult questions were from probability, the series format, direction related questions and relations related questions. That makes it 5 difficult questions. That makes it a total of 25 simple questions and 5 tough questions. One can easily expect 25 marks in this section.
Legal reasoning
The section can be classified as moderately difficult but tending towards the tough side. The maximum number of questions i.e. 12 questions were from contracts which are often confusing. But to balance that were ten questions from Torts which are quite simple. The 4 IPC questions were expected and easy for those who prepared well. This will make a difference to the cut off. The minimum marks obtained in this section should be 15.
Analytical reasoning
This section saw all expected topics covered. There were 7 questions from bar diagram, venn diagram, tables and pie charts. There were 4 questions from math and three from verbal reasoning. Students with a good hand at maths would have found it easy and those who have a math phobia would have found it on the tougher side. The minimum marks obtained in this section should be at least 10
Reading comprehension
This is obvious that this section is simpler for those who have a good grasp of English language but the good part is that 25 questions were straight from the passage and hence manageable even for those who do not have a command over the language. Minimum marks in this section should be 25.
General Knowledge
The GK questions are make or break because nothing can be said about this section and the only way to prepare is the long route of updating yourself daily for one whole year. Even then there were just two questions from current affairs which is disheartening for most students. Minimum marks obtained in this section should be 10.
Overall score: 85
According to my analysis it is very easy to score 85 in this paper. This is my estimate keeping in mind if a candidate only answered the easy questions. My estimate of the cut off is 90. The following paragraph talks about cut offs in detail.
SET Cut off
The expected cut off for SLS Noida for BA.LLB and BBA.LLB courses in 2023 in the general category is 95 and 82 respectively.
The expected cut off for SLS Pune for BA.LLB and BBA.LLB courses in 2023 in the general category is 90 and 92 respectively.
On the basis of last year cut off it is expected that Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad will see a cut off of around 90 in the general category.
WAT and PI cut off for Symbiosis Law School, Pune
| Category | BA.LLB cut off | BBA.LLB cut off |
| General | 96 | 87 |
| SC | 27 | 43 |
| ST | 33 | 30 |
| Defense | 84 | 64 |
| Differently abled | 37 | 58 |
| Kashmiri migrants | 53 | 51 |
Seats available
The total number of seats available in Symbiosis, Pune are 300. 180 seats out of these are for BBA.LLB and 120 for BA.LLB.
The total seats available in Symbiosis, Noida are 180 for BA.LLB and BBA.LLB combined. Out of a total of 180 seats, there are 60 seats for BA.LLB and 120 for BBA.LLB.
The total seats in Symbiosis, Hyderabad are 240 taking into account seats for both BA.LLB and BBA.LLB courses. Out of a total of 240 seats, 120 seats each are for BA.LLB and BBA.LLB.
The following is the reservation offered
| Category | Seats |
| SC | 15% |
| ST | 7.5% |
| Differently abled | 3% |
| Wards of working and retired defence personnel | 5% |
Over and above these seats there are seats for
- Kashmiri migrants- 2 seats
- International students- 15%
Tip: The students who had arts in grade XII are advised to take up BA.LLB and students from the commerce and science stream are recommended to go for BBA.LLB. But it's a matter of the student's own discretion. The law subjects remain common for both programmes.
Admission process
- Scores of SET
The scores of the SET exam are helpful in short listing candidates who will then appear for a personal interview and a test which checks one's writing skills. The test which checks how good your writing skills are is called the writing ability test or WAT.
- WAT or writing assessment test
You will be given a few topics and you have to write a 800 word essay on any one topic. You will get one hour to complete the essay. An example of the topic is whether or not death penalty should be abolished.
- Personal Interview
Each interview lasts for an average of 5-7 minutes. You will have to hand over your file to them which contains your mark sheets and certificates of merit awarded by the school and certificates earned by participation in various events. Remain confident and coolly answer questions about your interests, strengths and weaknesses, your educational background and yourself and your family background and why you want to study law.
You could also be asked the meaning of legal terms which are commonly known and do not forget to brush up your knowledge of current affairs which will help you in the interview as well as the writing ability test. Staying confident is important and if you do not know the answer then accept it gracefully and do not argue when you know you are wrong.
Important thing to remember is that the PI and WAT score are counted as one and are together given 50% weightage while the remaining 50% weightage is given to the SET score.
SET Important dates
| Event | Date |
| Online registration | December, 2019- April 2023 |
| SET payment closing date | Third week of April 2023 |
| Admit cards become available | Fourth Week of April 2023 |
| SET exam date | First Week of May 2023 |
| SLS Pune payment through credit card and internet banking closes | Second Week of May 2023 |
| SLS Pune online payment date closes | Third Week of May 2023 |
| SET Results date | Third Week of May 2023 |
| Short listing of candidates who will appear for WAT and PI | Fourth Week of May 2023 |
| PI and WAT dates SLS Pune | Fourth Week of May 2023 |
| First merit list | List declared - June 2023 Last date for admission- June 2023 |
| Second merit list | List declared- June 2023 Last date for admission-June 2023 |
| Third merit list | List declared-June 2023 Last date for admission- July 2023 |
All three law schools under SIU will release their different dates for PI and WAT. The dates for Symbiosis Law School, Pune have been released and are mentioned in the table above. SLS Noida website www.symlaw.edu.in has a link saying PI-WAT 2023 where you can get details by logging in with your registration details.
SLS Hyderabad is issuing call letters for PI and WAT as on May 2023 and the same can be viewed using your registration details on the website www.slsh.edu.in.
To conclude I would like to say that studying at Symbiosis Law Schools opens up all avenues for you, for example, international courses, jobs in international organizations, civil services, academics, litigation and corporate.
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Result
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