The CLAT 2025 results were announced on December 7, 2024. As soon as the results of CLAT were announced, students were nervous as well as excited about the CLAT 2025 cutoff. One major thing that every student is thinking right now is will the CLAT 2025 cut off go high this time. Given the moderate difficulty paper, number of withdrawn questions and other factors it is expected that the CLAT 2025 cut off will go lower this year. As four questions have been withdrawn from the CLAT 2025 question paper, the cutoff will now be calculated out of 116 marks instead of 120. CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024. Read the complete article to get insightful information on CLAT 2025 cutoff, chances of CLAT 2025 cutoff to go lower, NLU-wise expected cutoff and more.
The expected cutoff marks for some of the top NLUs have been given in the table below
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | NRI |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 83+ | 78+ | - | |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 82+ | 78+ | - | |
98+ | - | 56+* | 80+ | 74+ | 89+ | |
95+ | - | 88+ | 79+ | 74+ | 88+ | |
95+ | 90+ | 87+ | 77+ | 70+ | 84+ | |
93+ | 81+ | 77+* | 71+* | 41+* | 43+ | |
91+ | 85+ | 82+* | 53+* | 41+* | 72+ |
*state category reservation
Apart from the cutoff marks, candidates can check expected rank-wise CLAT 2025 expected cutoff for all categories in the table below:
Category | NLSIU Bengaluru | NALSAR Hyderabad | WBNJUS Kolkata | NLU Jodhpur | GNLU Gandhinagar | MNLU Mumbai | RMNLU Lucknow |
100 | 150 | 250 | 350 | 450 | 600 | 750 | |
500 | 550 | - | - | 1200 | 3900* | 2300* | |
950 | 1100 | 23000* | 1400 | 1850 | 6400* | 3600* | |
3000 | 3500 | 4500 | 5000 | 6000 | 10000* | 25000* | |
6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 8000 | 11000 | 34000* | 34000* | |
- | - | 1250 | 1400 | 2800 | 33000 | 9500 |
*state category reservation
The below given factors will determine the CLAT 2025 cutoff based on the below given factors:
Total number of candidates who appeared for the CLAT exam
Difficulty level of the CLAT exam
Objections sustained after CLAT final answer key
Total number of seats available for admissions
The CLAT 2025 counselling registration commenced on December 9, 2024. Candidates who have been invited for CLAT 2025 counselling can register till December 20, 2024. The first CLAT 2025 seat allotment will be published on December 26, 2024. The CLAT seat allotment 2025 will be announced for five rounds. During the counselling process, candidates will have the options of ‘Freeze’, ‘Float’ and ‘Exit’. Candidates who meet the CLAT 2025 cutoff will be offered seats in their preferred NLUs. Such candidates will be required to pay the admission confirmation fee and complete the admission formalities.
On Question asked by student community
Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test. However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top
CLAT participating colleges
here.
Here you can check out the top
NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB
with and without CLAT exam:
1. NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.
2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.
3. CNLU Patna
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
Yes, you can elevate your law entrance journey with Careers360’s CLAT mock test PDF free download link given below:
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The CLAT 2027 application form will open in the first week of August 2026. While the exam will be held on the first or second Sunday of December 2026.
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