CLAT college predictor: which NLUs a rank reached
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- 23 of 27 universities have no verified closing rank. They cannot be matched against and are not shown as unreachable.
- Only one year is on file. Year-on-year movement cannot be shown, which is also why no expected-cutoff page is published.
- PG closing ranks are not on file at all. This tool covers UG only.
Enter a rank
This matches against 4 of the 27 National Law Universities — the ones whose allotment lists have been read. The other 23 are not shown as unreachable; they are simply unknown, and saying so is more useful than filling the gap.
Past cutoffs do not guarantee future ones
This is the part every college predictor buries and it deserves to be the loudest thing on the page. What you get above is a record of what happened, not a forecast of what will.
Cutoffs move between rounds. A university’s closing rank in round 1 and in round 5 can differ by dozens of ranks as candidates above you take seats elsewhere. This tool uses the latest round on file, which is the most forgiving version.
Cutoffs move between years. A harder paper compresses scores and shifts the whole rank distribution. So does a change in intake, in reservation, or in how many candidates sat the paper.
The sample here is small. With a handful of universities and a single verified year, the picture is partial by construction. Read it as a rough bearing, not a shortlist.
The underlying figures, round by round and category by category, are on the CLAT cutoff page, each linked to the document it came from.
What to do with the answer
If your rank is comfortably inside a university’s last closing rank, that is a reasonable place to put a preference. If it is close to the line, treat it as a maybe and make sure your preference list has range below it.
The mistake to avoid is building a preference order out of a predictor and nothing else. Fees, location, the practice area you want and the domicile quota you may be eligible for all change the answer — the NLU index and the Top NLUs comparison cover those.
If the exam is still ahead of you, the score is the part you control. The free Diagnostic Test gives you a current baseline to aim from.
Frequently asked questions
How does the CLAT college predictor work?
It compares the rank you enter against the closing ranks read off each university’s allotment list on the Consortium site, for the category and quota you choose. Where several rounds are on file, it uses the latest — the round that finally decided admission.
Is this a prediction for CLAT 2027?
No. It reports what a rank reached in a past year. Nobody can predict a cutoff for a paper that has not been sat, and any tool claiming to is extrapolating from data it usually has not sourced.
Why are so few universities in the result?
Because only 4 of 27 have a verified closing rank on file. The rest are unknown rather than out of reach. They will appear as their allotment lists are read.
Should I build my preference list from this?
Use it as one input. Fees, city, domicile eligibility and the kind of practice you want all matter, and a preference list built on cutoffs alone tends to produce regret in the second year.
Why does it ask for quota?
Because a state-domicile closing rank and an all-India closing rank at the same university are different numbers for different candidates, sometimes by several hundred ranks.
Before you pick an NLU, find out where you stand
Closing ranks only mean something next to a score. The free Diagnostic Test gives you a full-length paper and a section-wise breakdown to measure against them.
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