I scored 52.50 marks in clat 2025, will I have a chance in any NLU?

Score around 50 is considered as below average in CLAT exam. To get into NLUs, candidates must 8 roughly around 70% marks in the exam. With this score , students can get newer or lower NLUs like nlu sonipat . Tier 1 and tier 2 NLUs are not possible with these marks in the exam. To know more about the clat cut off, visit CLAT marks around 55 expected NLUs

Hello,

With a CLAT 2025 score of 52.50, your chances of securing admission to a National Law University (NLU) will largely depend on your category, the overall difficulty of the exam, and the trends in cutoff scores for that year.

In previous years, general category candidates typically needed 75+ marks to secure admission to a top-tier NLU, while lower-ranked NLUs had cutoffs in the 50–60 range . For reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC/PwD), the cutoff was lower, sometimes around 40–50 marks for certain NLUs.

If you belong to a reserved category, your score might give you a chance in the lower-ranked NLUs, especially in newer ones. However, for general category candidates, a 52.50 score is less likely to meet the cutoff unless the overall score distribution is significantly lower this year. Exploring state domicile reservations, private law schools accepting CLAT scores, or retaking the exam could be worthwhile options.

You can also use the CLAT college predictor to predict which college you can get based on your CLAT score.

Also, explore CLAT 2025 cutoffs to better understand the availability of college on your score.

Hope it helps !

If you don't belong to any reservation category then the answer is no.nlu cutoff was so high if you see the last years trends and this year paper is similar to last years cutoff will definitely go high this year too for almost all NLU including new ones.

However you can use CLAT predictor tool for free to know your chances in law colleges who are accepting clat score.

You can also consider Private colleges like IILM, Bennett, KRMU, Llyod, Alliance and many others which accept the score of CLAT.