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The Common Entrance Test also commonly known as CET allows students to apply to various colleges all across India. The benefits of a Common Entrance Exam (CET) are that it broadens the choice of colleges for a student and also saves the time and money of a student, while compared to taking up exams for each and every college separately.
Admissions to several professional courses such as engineering, medical, Masters in Computer Applications, nursing, Masters in Business Administrations, Pharmacy, law and many others are given based on the marks in the Common Entrance Examinations. The exams for all these courses fall on different dates and hence it is the student’s responsibility to check the schedule and calendar of the common Entrance Exams, so that he or she does not end up missing any of the exams that he or she would like to appear for.
CET Exam Details
Common entrance exams are held in each state for admissions into various courses. Some of the most famous Common Entrance exams are Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test of Andhra Pradesh, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University Common entrance Exam, Integrated Common Entrance test of Andhra Pradesh, Combined Biotechnology entrance exam conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, Cochin University of Science and Technology’s common admission test, Symbiosis entrance test and many more.
In this article we have given some details on the most famous two common entrance exams:
COMED-K UGET
The COMED-K is also known as the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka. This consortium includes the private medical and dental colleges and the unaided engineering colleges in Karnataka. The role of the consortium is to conduct the entrance exam to fill up the seats available in the participating colleges.
Eligibility
For admission into the MBS and BDS courses, the students need to qualify in their 10+2 or equivalent examination with at least 50 per cent of marks in Physics, Chemistry and biology with a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the COMED-K examination. For scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students this per cent is relaxed and they need to secure only 40 per cent in both the qualifying and entrance examination.
For admission into the engineering courses, the students need to have secured a minimum of 50 per cent marks in 10+2 or equivalent examination with specializations in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or biotechnology, computer science, biology or electronics. The students also need to have secured a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the COMED K examination. For scheduled casts and scheduled tribe students, the per cent marks required in both the qualifying and the COMED K exams is 40 per cent.
Application forms
The application forms are available either online or can be requested off line by paying a fee of Rs600 for MBBS or BDS or B.E courses for students with PCB specialization or for Rs 800 for MBBS or BDS or B.E courses for students with PCMB specialization.
Symbiosis Entrance Test
The Symbiosis Entrance Test commonly known as SET is the common entrance exam held for students willing to pursue the Symbiosis Bachelors degrees in law, information technology, computer applications, management, designs science and medical technology. This common entrance exam is mandatory for entrance into any of the symbiosis institutes; however the students have to purchase separate application forms and prospectus for various symbiosis institutes. Each institute has their own parameters of selection and eligibility criteria. The forma can be purchases for Rs 500. Selected students are then called in for group discussions and interviews.
