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 Given the moderate difficulty paper, number of withdrawn questions and other factors it is expected that the CLAT 2025 cut off will go lower this year. As four questions have been withdrawn from the CLAT 2025 question paper, the cutoff will now be calculated out of 116 marks instead of 120.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
Hello Dear Student,
With a CLAT AIR of 19,688 as an OBC candidate, your chances of securing a seat in regular counselling rounds are extremely low. Your best prospects lie in participating in the vacant seats/spot rounds of universities that feature regional or state quotas, specifically the Tamil Nadu National
Hello Student,
Can you please clarify as to what are you trying to ask?
Hello Dear Student,
Yes, you are eligible to pursue a 5-year BA LLB program. The Bar Council of India has removed the upper age limit for admission to integrated law courses, and NIOS is a recognized board. If you are not appearing for CLAT , you can apply to several
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