Success Stories: Inspirational Tales of CLAT Toppers

9 october 2023, 11:07 AM

Success Stories: Inspirational Tales of CLAT Toppers

In this blog, we have narrowed down all the information and preparation tips and their inspirational tales and how these CLAT toppers cracked the most difficult law entrance exams in the nation.

Abhinav Somani, CLAT 2023 topper, who is also the topper of AILET 2023 with AIR 1 has talked about how he concentrates more on taking entrance exams rather than his school exams. Somani states, “Scoring poorly in school exams doesn’t really affect you as much as scoring poorly in your law entrance would." 

Talking about his preparation strategy and how it helped him crack the CLAT exam, Somani says, “The mainstay of my preparation strategy was reading the newspaper and giving mocks." I read the newspapers religiously and made notes from them. The newspaper also helps you with your vocabulary, reading speed and comprehension ability. I also give mock mocks regularly. I had a study group with 4 of my friends and we used to give mocks together. We started with 1 mock a week in January 2022, bumping it up to 5-6 per week by October 2022.”

Harsh Srivastava who was ranked AIR 26 in CLAT in his second attempt says "After I failed to write the NDA test, I decided to pursue law. My father convinced me and I started preparing for the CLAT in January.”

According to Harsh, he urged CLAT aspirants not to underestimate math subjects. He says, "Mathematics is the deciding factor." Students often feel mathematics carries less marks and don't pay much attention to it. But basic mathematics helps in scoring high.” 

Kishlay Dwivedi, AIR 28 in CLAT shared an important tip and that is how one should read the newspaper regularly as it greatly helps you to crack the exam "except for the matrimonials".

Manhar Bansal who topped CLAT 2021 with an AIR 1 rank holder also shared his preparation strategy for cracking the exam to which he said, “I was associated with a private coaching institute that helped me in my CLAT preparation. Though it was a two-year programme, I started actual preparation only in the second year. My strategy was divided into sections. For English and logical reasoning, I attended classes to understand the concepts. I used a private academy’s LSAT prep exercises to gain a better insight into such questions. I took mock tests and followed them up with analysis sessions with a faculty member. For legal reasoning and quantitative techniques, it was primarily mock tests, attending classes and clearing doubts as and when they arose. For current affairs and GK, I read newspapers, attended quiz sessions conducted by our GK faculty and prepared a topic-wise list along with my friends. I also used flashcards for better retention of facts.”

Giving an important message and tips to young CLAT aspirants, Bansal added, “Understand the CLAT paper pattern." Work on small, meaningful tasks rather than putting in long hours without a purpose. Keep reading whatever you like. Do not ignore any section (a lot of people commit the error of not even seeing math). Have a set of positive people around you. Keep your sources limited. And perhaps most importantly, enjoy the CLAT preparation process.”