Quill Zone: student admission questions

Law after 12th is open to every stream, including Commerce. You can apply through entrances like CLAT, AILET, and other law entrance exams for five-year integrated BA LLB or BBA LLB programs. These exams test your reasoning, English and general knowledge, not maths, so they're a great fit for law aspirants.

Law is a different path from engineering, but totally doable after 12th. The main entrance exams are CLAT for national law universities and AILET for Delhi University's law program. There are also state-level law entrance exams depending on where you want to study.

Some universities accept different exams depending on the program. For engineering, JEE Main is the standard entrance exam that most government and private colleges accept. For other fields like medicine you'd take NEET, for commerce you might look at CUET or state exams, and for law there's CLAT. It really depends on which stream interests you.

CLAT is run by a consortium of national law universities and gets you into multiple NLUs across India, giving you broader options. AILET is conducted by Delhi's National Law University specifically for admission there. CLAT is the larger national exam with more colleges to choose from, while AILET is your dedicated path to NLU Delhi if that's your top choice. Both happen in December, so you can take both.

For engineering, JEE Main opens doors to the most colleges across India, including NITs, IITs, and hundreds of private colleges. If you're exploring other fields like medicine, law, or commerce, those exams like NEET, CLAT, and CAT have their own broad reach too.

CLAT is the entrance exam for undergraduate law programs at India's top National Law Universities. It tests your legal reasoning, English, general knowledge, and logical ability through multiple choice questions. Applications open in November and the exam is in December, so you've got time to prepare if law interests you.