It doesn't matter how many times you fail. Failure is what shapes us. First, remember that when you fail, you progress. I have already graduated from a reputed NLU. I secured admission to an NLU on my second attempt, but if you ask me now whether it was worth taking a gap year, personally, I’d say no. Sometimes, we fear accepting any option other than the one we have already decided for ourselves. The truth is, it is not us but the universe that knows what is best for us. Sometimes, it is not failure but a redirection that you need to look into rather than cry over lost battles.

Regardless, if you choose to retake CLAT, be confident in your own decision. This is not a one-off instance. From now on, you will have to make many other decisions that will literally shape your life. No one who is criticising or appreciating your decision will be there in the making of it. So, your decision and your will are all that matter. Further, whatever you choose, choose empathy for yourself. You are more than just a failure. This will help you recognise your worth and leverage it to build a successful life, both in terms of happiness and money.

Please take care!

Putting it bluntly without any sugar coating- Your own misgivings are the result of your current situation. You need to get a hold of your life and priorities and stop looking for excuses for your failures. Identify what is wrong, fix it and work towards your goal giving it your best.

You wish to join a Tier NLU/ Firm whatever....Work for it....time spent wishing is time wasted.

Life chews up slackers and whiners and spits them out.

Personal experience.

Accept, ignore, react negatively or down vote...doesn't matter. The truth cuts and cuts hard! Of course if the LI mod boffins dont publish this then that's another thing.

Hi
I feel I am in a pretty good position to reply to this. I gave CLAT 3 times, first 2 times was getting NLU Sonipat, third time I landed in NALSAR. I was exactly where you were and I just want to tell you one thing. ITS OK. IT WILL WORK OUT.

I know you must have a lot of questions just eating away at you every single second. Just know, that feeling is normal. You'll eventually get over it (or atleast as close to it as one can get) Self-harm will not help you tackle these feelings. Soon you'll get a sense of stability back in your life, that's when it starts to get better.

There's a lot I want to just rant to you, all kinds of tips, all kinds of frustrations, just so many things that would others might not even spend a moment thinking about but hounds those who take double drops, but idt it will help you right now. I just hope this comment that I am leaving here will give you the strength to go on.

I'll still try to answer some of the questions you have asked, but if you still have any more doubts, questions or anything feel free to drop me a mail at burner.mail.9.3.4.1@gmail.com

Are double droppers discriminated or treated differently socially?

While on a surface level the answer is no, there are still some moments where you end up feeling bad about being a double dropper. Most of the times people would not mean it, but the words some people end up saying still hurts a lot. For those moments I only hope that the fact that there are so so so many like us all around us and even all over law colleges become a solace for you. But again most of the time people don't really care, and especially beyond the first year nobody cares about this stuff, everyone is too busy just trying to keep their own lifes normal that they don't have any energy for such stuff.

And as for if you get a good rank this time, will your previous failures still be relevant?
Well, those are your life experiences. They always stay with you, its upto you to not let them become some lingering negativities and to use them for your own benefit.

Now, as someone else in this thread already said, once you are in no opportunities are out of your hand.

I have just finished my second year, and am about to enter the third year, if anyone had told the me that had just gotten out after having written CLAT the second time and knowing that I had absolutely ruined that paper that I will be where I am today, I don't think I would have ever believed that. But life always has mysterious things in store for us. The highs and the lows that I have experienced after all of that just make it all seem just so... in the past. Trust me when I say it's not the end for you, YOU can still make your life into something that you don't regret. That's all that counts in the end.

Wishing things get better for you soon, and you look back to these moments of your life at your lowest points and use it to pick yourself up.

People won't overtly discriminate or judge you for taking a double drop. That being said, you may find some of it happening in the first year, so maybe just stay mum and don't tell them about it. After first year, you will have your grades and rank and people will find new ways to discriminate.

Also, while the college brand matters quite a bit, I don't think you should spend years after years behind it. It's an exam. You ace it-good. You don't- accept that it's not for you and move on. You have to work hard, if not for the exam then in college, and someway or the other, you will be awarded if you do. Just don't spend too much time chasing something, which could be the time you spend bettering yourself as a professional.

Hey guys

idk how to go about this - I gave clat 2026 and to say it didn't go well would be an understatement because i ended up with an air 12,000.

I've always was never able to get very good grades because of the fact that i honestly used to lack discipline. i got low 80s in 10th and 12th, couldn't get through clat and also couldn't do Mhcet 5 years well. I am just....such a bucket of failure and even though i've started studying sincerely, the despair won't go away. My home life is extremely turbulent and all i want is to go to a T1 NLU next year and leave this place

I just don't know what to say... My mental health has reached an absolute all time low. I've started getting such dark, painful thoughts and have basically zero emotional support system at home. I've even started considering self harming again. This sub is always some how the one place that motivates me to keep going because of the personal stories that a lot of you share.

Plus I have all these questions like Are double droppers discriminated or treated differently socially? and.. even philosophically" if i get a good rank this time, will my previous failures still be relevant?