They have made the grade and now they are helping others do the same.
When the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) were declared on Sunday, five students from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) were elated.
The reason: many candidates that they mentored in preparation for CLAT made it to the top 100.
CLATraining, which was started in 2013 by NLSIU students to train aspirants for admission in national law schools, trained 20 students this year.
Tanmay Dangi, a final year student of NLSIU who secured an all-India rank of 55 in 2011, said that he and his seniors initially taught at coaching centres, but later started their own programme to supplement their
formal coaching.
“We decided to conduct an intensive workshop in April, followed by a one month mentorship programme. Students get a mentor, who helps them plan their personalised schedule, analyse mock scores and provide general counselling for a month before the exam,” he said.
He said that the feedback from the candidates has been extremely positive. Mr. Dangi said that the combination of entrepreneurship and teaching was exciting and hoped to pass on the mantle to his juniors. The content for the programme was prepared by his batch mates and juniors and he said that this year five mentors were allotted to 20 students. The cost of the programme is Rs. 3,500. largely used to print booklets, develop quizzes and worksheets.
Srinivas Narasimhan Cummaragunta, a class 12 student who bagged an all-India rank of 34, said that it helped as they got techniques from students who successfully cracked the test.
“They told us what to aim for and added value to my preparation,” he said.
Aditi Ramakrishnan, who obtained a CLAT score of 72, said that the training was useful and the insights saved her a lot of time.