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    How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis

    How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis

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    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 30 Nov 2024, 02:23 PM IST

    Only those candidates who clear the CLAT cut-off 2025 will be offered admissions. But how high will the CLAT 2025 cut-offs go? Last year, the CLAT 2025 exam pattern was revised to make the Common Law Admission Test more student-friendly. As a result, the CLAT cut-offs were high. Read on to find out how high the CLAT cut-off 2025 is likely to be including the expected good score in CLAT and category-wise cut-off. CLAT 2025 is on December 1, 2024.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Factors Determining How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cut-Off Go
    2. Will the CLAT 2025 Cut Off be High?
    3. CLAT 2025 Marks Vs Rank Analysis
    How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis
    How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go

    Factors Determining How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cut-Off Go

    How high the cut-off for CLAT 2025 will go will depend on the factors given below:

    • Difficulty level: A more difficult exam will mean, the CLAT cut-off 2025 will not be too high. A good score in CLAT 2025 will be lower if the exam turns out to be difficult. A revised CLAT pattern has driven the CLAT cut-off higher, close to 80% marks for the general category, than the earlier 64-66%.

    • Number of applicants: Around 75000+ candidates have registered for CLAT 2025. A higher number of applicants usually translates to tougher competition which will in turn drive the CLAT cut-off 2025 higher.

    • Available Seats: If the number of seats is higher then more students can be given admission. For instance, NLSIU Bengaluru now offers more than 100 seats which has resulted in the NLU cut-off getting lower.

    • NLU Preferences: Another factor determining how high the CLAT cut-off 2025 will go is the NLU preferences submitted by candidates. If more candidates opt for a particular NLU, the cut offs will be higher. If there are plenty of NLU vacant seats as happens with certain lower-ranked NLUs, then the NLU cut-off 2025 will be lower

    • Reservation Criteria: The NLU admission will be done as per the CLAT reservation criteria followed by each NLU. The CLAT cut-off for the general category is often the highest among all categories. However, how high the cut-off will go will also be affected by factors such as domicile reservation, horizontal reservation for women, and vertical reservation for SC, ST, and OBC categories.

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    Will the CLAT 2025 Cut Off be High?

    As per the trends observed last year, the CLAT 2025 cut-off marks are expected to be high. Candidates have to score in the range of 80 to 85% marks to get a seat in the top NLUs. However, the CLAT cut-off ranks at top NLUs are expected to remain the same.

    Category-wise Expected CLAT Cut-Off for Top NLUs

    Category

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    WBNJUS Kolkata

    NLU Jodhpur

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    MNLU Mumbai

    RMNLU Lucknow

    CLAT general cut-off 2025

    100

    150

    250

    350

    450

    600

    750

    CLAT EWS cut-off 2025

    500

    550

    -

    -

    1200

    3900*

    2300*

    CLAT OBC cut-off 2025

    950

    1100

    23000*

    1400

    1850

    6400*

    3600*

    CLAT SC cut-off 2025

    3000

    3500

    4500

    5000

    6000

    10000*

    25000*

    CLAT ST cut-off 2025

    6000

    6000

    8000

    8000

    11000

    34000*

    34000*

    CLAT NRI Cut Off 2025

    -

    -

    1250

    1400

    2800

    33000

    9500

    *state category reservation

    Category-wise Expected CLAT Cut-Off for Top NLUs

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    CLAT 2025 Marks Vs Rank Analysis

    The table given below provides the CLAT 2025 marks vs rank analysis detailing what ranks the marks in CLAT 2025 will translate into. As per last year’s trends candidates needed to secure around 80% marks to clear the cut off for top NLUs.

    Expected CLAT 2025 Marks vs Rank

    CLAT 2025 marks

    Expected CLAT 2025 rank

    98+ marks

    200 or higher

    92+

    500 or higher

    90+

    1000 or higher

    88+

    1500 or higher

    86+

    2000 or higher

    85+

    2500 or higher

    83+

    3000 or higher

    82+

    3500 or higher

    80+

    5000 or higher

    77+

    6000 or higher

    74+

    8000 or higher

    72+

    10000 or higher

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: When is the CLAT 2025 result?
    A:

    CLAT 2025 results will be declared tentatively in the second week of December.

    Q: What is a good score in CLAT 2025?
    A:

    A good score in CLAT 2025 is expected to be around 95-100+ marks for general categories.

    Q: How to check CLAT Cut Off 2025?
    A:

    CLAT 2025 cut-off can be downloaded from the merit list of CLAT 2025 published for each round of counselling.

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