CLAT began in 2008 when a PIL forced the NLUs to conduct a common admission test. It eased out the students from lots of hassles but at the same time it also made the admission process a bit complex.
I have prepared this with an intention to help CLAT 2016 takers by taking out expected cut offs (marks & rank) and detailed info and guidelines related to admission process.
This is an extremely difficult task. Every year I feel like giving up but when I see thousands of students requesting me then I get motivated to bring out the same.
Why do I do this every year?
I started almost 12 years ago but for CLAT it started in 2009. In 2008 after NLSIU had closed the admissions after a third list, but there were still many seats vacant.
Those were filled up later individually by various NLUs taking out their own lists or the way they wanted to. I remember the majority did not know about the same.
This gave an advantage to those informed or had proximity to an institution in several ways.
This is still continuing. This is not the only matter of concern, there are many other problems including marking the preference list wrongly. Sents pay the price for such mistakes.
I had two choices: either to start educating the masses or to keep this system on and extend the help only to the close ones.
But, I took the decision to keep educating CLAT takers and their parents. Today I am happy to see that CLAT has become the most transparent entrance test of India.
No other exam has such detailed listing coming out and everyone knows the details of each admission. Even while filling up for the vacant seats, respective NLUs are almost fully transparent.
I have been running CLAT/NLU/LAW online forums since 2007 ( https://www.facebook.com/RSCMforCLAT/ ) and I am in test prep guidance since 2000.
I always see that there is lots of anxiety among the exam takers after the exam gets over for getting assessed/estimated where they stand. And i am sure after knowing the cut off which has been done after a scientific research settles the mind correctly.
I am sure it also helps to take some decisions? I am assuming that the exam takers are of sound mind and they do not believe the expected cut off to be exactly correct.
Also my predicted marks cut off may fluctuate a little but rank cut off will be surely almost the same. After the rank list is out, CLAT takers can take this rank cut off list as a guiding note.
I also do this because it also helps me to get extremely well prepared and informed about all the complex data.
This helps me when I have to answer thousands of queries after the result is out.
How do I predict the cut-off?
For CLAT 2009 and 2010 my predictions were almost perfect. In 2013 it was exactly the same. It was a pleasant surprise for me. I never expected and will never expect that my expected cut off will be exactly the same.
It would be foolish. I am sure in 2013 it was coincidental. Yes, i am always 95% sure that my expected cut off (marks) will be correct within an error of 4 marks.
Yes, the rank cut off which I predict is not only of immense use but I am also 98% sure with little error. In 2014 I failed by a good margin (there were irregularities). In 2015 I did take out the only rank cut off as there were many errors.
Exit polls for elections these days are almost correct, but never exactly correct. One exception happened in the beginning itself.
Pranoy Roy prediction was exactly the same (the same number) for the number of seats of congress. This he too admitted was purely coincidental. Otherwise, it is done very scientifically and if the stratified sampling is not done properly can make the exit poll run the risk of being incorrect.
These help in doing the analysis and the predictions:
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My experience helps (16 years in test prep with exposure to more than 50 different types of exams and the related students).
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Database of past year results.
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The trend
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The variation of the density of the tied marks at different level.
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Time constraint (this year there was hardly any)
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Changes in difficulty level and number of seats
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Number of easy questions and how fast the difficulty level has increased with the rest of the questions.
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And not to forget my students from where I get the data and feelings. The feelings/expressions are the best resource. As I always say the students who are my teachers keep me under constant innovation and keep me motivated. Yes, they are my mentors.
What a CLAT 2016 taker should do now?
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Do enjoy/relax for these few days. Your schedule after you enter the law school is all likely to be very hectic.
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But, do collect all relevant information regarding admissions and one month after admission in the law school. Do not waste all your time.
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Take these predictions as a helping tool keeping in mind that this is not the exact one.
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The rank cut off will be very helpful especially after the results.
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Do keep your self well informed about the admission process. Do not hesitate to call the NLUs if required.
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You can post your queries here. I will answer.
How CLAT 2016 admission process is expected to go?
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Final result with ranks is expected to come out on 23rd May. Likely to come a little earlier.
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Then the first list of all 17 NLUs will be out on 1st June. This will be prepared according to the pref list and your rank. (Do not panic if last NLU cut off is 130 and your marks are 1120. You will definitely get a seat). It keeps falling till the 4th list and even after the centralized counselling is over many seats gets vacated after 6th July. Most of the seats of bottom 3 NLUs are filled after 6th july, when centralised process is over and NLUs take care for the admissions themselves. Surprisingly. HNLU had 12 and NUJS had 11 seats vacant in 2012. So, keep a close eye at the NLU websites. This happens because many leave for joining some other course or for other reasons before the semester starts in first week/2nd week of July.
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If you are listed in the first list then you will be asked to deposit (50k) the amount to confirm the booking of the seat.
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Approximately 300 people are expected not to deposit the amount.
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Now next 300 will get a chance in the 2nd list. There will be up gradations too (from a lower preferred ranked college to higher preferred college) according to the rank and pref list.
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Similarly 3rd list will come.
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You will be instructed to take admission at the allotted NLUs between 23rd to 25th June. 60-120 seats are likely to get vacated. This will be taken care in the 4th list. If required students will be transferred to the upgraded NLUs.
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On 6th July centralised admission process will close.
Admission in last phase after Centralised listing got over in 2015
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NLSIU – No vacant seats
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NALASR - Few but in reserved categories
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NUJS – Few but in reserved categories
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NLIU - Few but in reserved categories
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NLU-J – 2 in general and few in reserved categories
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GNLU - No official announcement of any such vacant seats/or in my knowledge
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HNLU - Very transparent and structured way they carried this. Some vacant seats
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NUALS - No official announcement of any such vacant seats/or in my knowledge
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RML – No vacant seats in general category. Few but in reserved categories
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RGNLU - Few but in reserved categories
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CNLU – some
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NLU-O - few
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NUSRL – Many vacant seats
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NLUJA - Many vacant seats
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DSNLU – Most of the seats are reserved. After 6th July most of the seats were vacant including reserved ones. All were converted to general and they were filled up by asking for separate applications by students.
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TNNLS - half of the seats were vacant but decided not to fill up due to capacity problem.
The predicted topper
177 marks (predicted)
And, without further ado: general predicted category cut-offs
Law schools | 1st List | 1st List | Last List | Last List | Vacant seats Post 6/7 | Vacant seats Post 6/7 |
Marks | Rank | Marks | Rank | Marks | Rank | |
NLSIU - Bangalore | 163 | 59 | ||||
NALSAR - Hyderabad | 154 | 126 | 153.5 | 130 | ||
WBNUJS -Kolkata | 151 | 208 | 150 | 225 | ||
NLIU - Bhopal | 144.5 | 380 | 144 | 395 | ||
NLU - Jodhpur | 145 | 360 | 143.5 | 405 | ||
GNLU - Gandhinagar | 140 | 475 | 139 | 485 | ||
HNLU - Raipur | 138 | 530 | 134.5 | 690 | ||
RMLNLU - Lucknow | 136 | 590 | 134.25 | 700 | ||
RGNUL - Patiala | 133 | 890 | 131.5 | 1000 | ||
NLU - Odisha | 132 | 925 | 129 | 1300 | 127 | 1450 |
ILNU Nirma Ahmedabad (Pvt) | 131.5 | 1000 | 128.5 | 1350 | 126 | 1500 |
MNLU Mumbai | 131.5 | 1000 | 128.5 | 1350 | 126 | 1500 |
CNLU - Patna | 131 | 1050 | 128.5 | 1350 | 122 | 1800 |
NUALS - Kochi | 130.5 | 1100 | 127 | 1450 | 123 | 2000 |
NUSRL - Ranchi | 130.5 | 1100 | 127.75 | 1400 | 118 | 2500 |
Narsee Monjee Mumbai (private) | 130.5 | 1100 | 127.75 | 1400 | 115 | 3000 |
NLUJA - Guwahati | 130.25 | 1140 | 128.25 | 1420 | 110 | 4000 |
TNNLS - Tamilnadu | 130 | 1169 | 126 | 1500 | 107 | 4500 |
DSNLU - Vizag | 130 | 1169 | 126.25 | 1480 | 104 | 5000 |
MNLU - Nagpur | 104 | 5000 | ||||
UPES - Dehradoon (Private) | 115 | 3000 | 104 | 5000 | ||
KIIT - Bhubaneswar (Private) | 115 | 3000 | 100 | 6000 | ||
18 other private law schools | 90 | 12000 | 55 | 28000 |
Rajneesh Singh
Founder CLAT Essentials & clatgk.com (Complete GK solutions to CLAT)
Mentor at “The Do-Zen” (Special batch of 12 selected students)
Author CLAT Essentials (available at testprepshop.ccavenue.com)
Correction: An earlier version of this article had a typo in the Nalsar last list marks (154.5 instead of 153.5)
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Suyash, NLU-J is very likley.
Raipur or RML is way ahead. it will be joke to even compare both.
Ty
i got 125 marks in clat 2016 is there any chance of getting rgnul in last list or in vacancies
MNLU has a big advantage of the location. it also has very less seats. so, cut off will be v high. it is also based on my collected feedback from parents and students about their pref list. this is also based on last year cut off of MNLU when they conducted their own exam and the way they switched to NLUs based on their CLAT score.
Please sir
at any stage of the allotment/admission process, wants to forego his claim for another preference specified by him/her
and wants to seek admission in an allotted University, or wants to quit from the admission process,
he/she will be given the option to do so. To exercise this option, the candidate will have to mention
the same within the prescribed time limit. However, this option once exercised by the candidate will be treated as
final and irrevocable, and the candidate will be deemed to have been admitted in
the University opted by him/her or to have quitted out of the admission process, as the case may be.
So, sir if we have to take admissions on merit-cum-preference list,What does this instruction mean?
kindly help
thanks in advance
as its not possible that 1st list of NALSAR has cutoff 154 and last list has 154.5
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please rectify your mistakes man...
Although last year they did not fill up those vacant seats. i hope this year they will do
TNNLS is new but coming up v fast
I have got 136.50 in clat 2016 .Can I expect nliu bhopal,I belong to sc category??
plz. help
Further I also want to know about my chances of getting into nlu delhi through spot round counselling . Since i got 82 in sc category and 16th rank in sc category??
please help sir..
NLSIU you will get or whichever is you first choice in the pref list.
NLU-D is also done
NALSAR is v less likely
Fair chance of NUJS
in case you miss NUJS then NLIU is 100%
Congratulations Shubhranshu
State domicile-BIHAR
State Category-EBC
CLAT SCORE-101.50
what are my chances for CNLU Patna
another question I wanted to ask is-Is UPES Dehradun well reputed? can I use my CLAT score to get into SLS Pune?
2. UPES is decent
3. no they take SET score
Do apply to some private colleges to broaden your chances.
NLSIU = 5
NALSAR = 7
NUJS = 3
Faculty (all three would place behind NLU-D & JGLS)
NLSIU = 6
NALSAR = 6
NUJS = 5
Academic structure
NLSIU = 7
NALSAR = 8 (give them the edge due to their innovative tutorial systems)
NUJS = 7
Living (this really depends on whether you are a 'city person' or not. Am putting the score believing you do aspire to have a life)
NLSIU = 8
NALSAR = 6 (it has dhabas nearby to take care of your 'good' food needs)
NUJS = 7.5
Placements
NLSIU = 9
NALSAR = 9
NUJS = 8.5 (they have had the largest recruitments [in numbers], but they have had larger batch sizes)
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Basically all three are just about as good as the other keeping in mind career prospects. Two of them provide you freedom of the city, while the third will provide you more (comparative) academic freedom.
Limitations: I have attempted to be as objective as possible. However, no two people are likely to agree on the assessments made between these three on an online forum.
Last year only 2 left NLSIU for NUJS. and no one left NALSAR for any college. So it is very clear.
My personal choice is also teh same as that of the CLAT takers.
NLSIU - 7.5
NALSAR - 7.3
NUJS - 7.1
1. Is it possible for me to get a seat at GNLU through the North East quota?
2. I have RML on the fourth spot in my preference list. Is it possible for me to get a seat there?
2. RML is unlikely but can not be ruled out. keeping at higher perf has no benefits. the cut off remains the same for all.
I've got a score of 140.5, general caste. Do I have any chances of getting Jodhpur or Bhopal?
TIA.
I have secured 120 marks in CLAT 2016 .
BIHAR Domicile.
General catagory.
what are my chances of getting into any of the NLUs.
I would also like to know,if CNLU has a reservation on domicile?
If so do i have a probability of getting into it?
in case you miss centralised listing of CLAT which is likely to, then apply after 6th July for the vacant seats.
also apply to NIRMA and NM
top 5 - 90 percent
GNLU - 99 percent
HNLU - 100 percent
Is there any chance of getting into any NlU
i have scored 131.5 in clat with a bleak chance of an increase of 1.25 marks. Is there any chance of getting through rgnul patiala.
I have a question regarding the counselling process.
Assume, I get 152 . 1 or 2 marks short off the cut off in NALSAR .
And they announce the first list on 1st June . I get into NUJS in the first list .
Can I wait for the second/third list and hope that I get into NALSAR ?
If I don't get into NALSAR , will I still be able to join NUJS ?
Basically , what I am trying to ask is , how does the List system work ?
My score is 124.5, in my preference list I have placed mnlu at 8 and rmnlu at 9 and so on. So if I get mnlu, can I get a higher nlu provided that I have passes the cut off?and if yes, den wen shud I ask then for this.
Also, what exactly will happen at counselling?
And what does it mean by upgrade and apply?
Also shud I wait for vacant seats to get a higher nlu or be satisfied with Mumbai?
And how is nlu Mumbai?
Category- SC
Domicile- MP
Is there any chance of getting NLU-J ?
how good a college is rgnul ? Please help
I got 141 in clat.and in my preference list i placed jodpur,bhopaland then gandhinagar.Which cillege i might be able to get??
if yes then which one sir?
thanks
For example, a score of 139 was supposed to get a ranking of under 500 according to Mr. Singh, while it actually got a rank of over 1000.
And what is ridiculous is that people are still asking the man where he thinks they'll end up :-)
And I am not only referring to the top most ones...
I got 107 rank in IP cet which collage can I get and what should I do?
Please guide me.
I have got 107 rank in IP CET which collage can i expect and what should i do?
Please advice
AI rank- 6674
(Obc)category rank- 530
Can I get any nlu??
and also..are the colleges good...mentioned on the CLAT website which you CLAT score..eg. Alliance,Nirma?
I've scored only 82 in CLAT 2016. Will I get into MNLU?
Also, if I already confirm my seat by paying 50k in the first list, will I still get an upgrade when the second list comes out?
*PLEASE DO ANSWER*
1)which college should i expect?
2)should i wait for jodhpur and Bhopal in the 3rd or 4th list?and
3)how the vacant seat after 6th July would be filled up?
selected in first merit list or can i expect some chances for my
allotment in upcoming lists. Does everyone require to submit the
counselling fee whether name is present in first merit list or not.
My clat score is 108 and all India rank is 6674. Is there any possibility to get admission in any nlu. Please do reply ASAP.
Thank you!
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