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CLAT college predictor: which NLUs a rank reached
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This matches against the final-list closing ranks of 25 of the 26 Consortium universities, CLAT 2022 to 2026; NLU Meghalaya had no Consortium allotment list in those cycles. Every figure comes from the university’s own allotment list and links to it.
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 fifth and final list, the one that decided admission.
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.
Five years is a range, not a forecast. Look at how a university’s closing rank has moved from year to year on the NLUs page before reading much into any single year.
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. It uses the fifth and final list of each cycle, the one that 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.
Which universities does it cover?
The 25 Consortium universities with a final-list closing rank in CLAT 2022 to 2026. A university the Consortium published no list for is left out rather than shown as out of reach.
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 is 30 questions in 30 minutes, six from each CLAT section, with a breakdown for each section and a percentile against everyone who has taken it.
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