my rank is 1280 (general category). what is my best shot at an nlu in any of the upcoming lists
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Hi dear,
Hope you are doing well!
And congrats for getting such a good rank in CLAT'19.
Now let's go through your question.
As you will be knowing that CLAT cutoff will be basically the minimum score/rank at which you will be offered admission in different colleges accepting CLAT scores/ranks.
Moreover CLAT cutoffs vary from year to year and are dependent on multiple criteria which are:
- Difficulty level of the exam
- Total number of seats on offer
Here's the expected Cutoffs Ranks of top NLUs:(General)
- National Law School of India University 59-66
- National Academy of Legal Studies and Research 130-135
- National Law Institute University 351-386
- West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences 213-260
- National Law University Jodhpur 343-376
- Hidayatullah National Law University 574-657
- Gujarat National Law University 453-494
- Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University 627-668
- Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law 801-924
- Chanakya National Law University 909-1186
- National University of Advanced Legal Studies 826-928
- National University of Study and Research in Law 1051-1255
- National Law University and Judicial Academy 1124-1556
- Tamil Nadu National Law School 1151-1571
- Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University 1180-1432
- Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai 478-503
- Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur 1126-1532
Thank You & All the best!
As per your rank the problem options that you have are cuttack, kochi, Jabalpur, assam, hpnlu you have to be patient because the options left for are the sower ranked nlus so you can keep your hope suo till 3rd list I think you might a chance of getting in till than. Otherwise we have nirma as a really good option apart from nlus.
So keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best.
I hope this helps you and if you have any more questions please drop a comment below
Best of luck.
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