The assumption that if you work really hard you can get placed after a 3 year LLB from an NLU (including NLS) is wrong. Most people who get placed from the 3 year LLB at good places had very good CV prior to joining the 3 year LLB course. Some of them are CAs, people who had done MBA from a good IIM before, among others. Apart from this, some of them also gets placed through connections. The number of people who get placed without a good background and only based on the work during the 3 year LLB course are around 4-5 out of a batch of 120. So yeah, there is no guarantee of a good job after 3 year LLB even from NLS. Most of them start litigating where they earn 20-25k at max.

1.Don't have stellar marks in either 10, 12, or UG(like stellar, stellar); can't claim gender diversity, or any reservation at all-poor UR;

2. Even if I managed to clear CAT(with good varc(98-100%ile, 22-24 Qs), & lidr(95-99%ile, 4 sets), but will necessarily have to rely on the 7-9 arith Qs(90-95%ile), cant go beyond this for quant);

3. After all this, even after putting all in for CAT, may not get anything beyond 95-98%ile(since leaving lucrative 5-6 Qs of quant); and I've literally seen people having scored beyond 99.5%ile getting rejected from even Lucknow, let alone ABC;

4. Besides those few top tier schools, the situation's not at all good for any other school, even XLRI, ISB, or FMC.

It's literally 25 Lakhs(atleast) worth of investment.and people are not getting worthwhile placements.

It's somewhat 2-3 times than a 3 year LLB from an NLU.And what happens when one gets after that-a 20 lpa CTC-where they include even stationary costs in ctc?

5. 3 year LLBs are not regarded at par with ballbs, at any NLU, I concur, except may be NLS, I dont know, you can dispute that too.

But the point is, if one works REALLY HARD, like really hard from day 1, & stays focused, he, on his own can land up in a decent job in either a some Tier(###), or stepney firm, or in-house, whatever, and then climb up the ladder, or take a lift based on his skills & his capacity to learn transferable skills.

6. Later on, if circumstances warrant, one can always do an MBA from IIMs, like an executive one.GMAT, not CAT, gmat easier than CAT; valid for 5 years; Less money(15 odd lakhs-IIMA), only a year.It can really boost a career; which may be a very good alternative to an oxbridge/US LLM(way more expensive); especially in current time when US has almost stopped fellowships for professional courses in masters level(not announced fulbright this year for prof. pg).

7. Besides I have looked up TISS MA in HRM as well.But only 60 seats, bhai.Open seats are only 15-20.Can u blv?not plaussible!!!

8. Besides, clearing CAT is something but then practice quant related work for the rest of life is not bearable for me, since it does not interest me.

So...i guess, that's it!!!

Sorry for the length!

Even if you take a PG while studying in DU/BHU, the overall cost would be much lower than the overall costs of doing an LLB from the NLUs. The LLBs generally don't get placed at Corporate Law firms that pay good salaries. Almost all firms prefer people from the UG courses. Therefore, it is better to save money and complete the LLB from DU and then move towards govt jobs/academia.

I recently took the NLSAT for 3 year llb of nlsiu, am not scoring high enough in part A as an unreserved male non-domicile candidate, making my chances for admission extremely bleak. I also applied for NLUO & DSNLU 3 year programmes for 3 year llb.

Now i wanted to know whether if i am able to crack the latter 2 should i join either, or wait this year for nlsiu next year?

[N.B. there are only 22 oprn seats for me, & competition is huge, may 2-2.5k].

My understanding is that wasting another year is not optimal since it would go waste, rather it is better to get in an NLU and work as hard as possible from day 1 itself.

My assumptions for corporate law firm/in-house jobs are somewhat stable in the sense i researched a lot, but i concur that i need to know a lot many things for even coming to a conclusion for pursuing one.

I am naturally inclined to academia, otherwise.

Please advise and give genuine advises please , not like there are no scope for 3 year llb, tier 3 colleges are scam, or go to DU, BHU (which i cant since they wont provide hostels, & i'm not from these cities). Please give genuine practical advises.

Thank you!