Hello,

With a CLAT rank around 20,000 , getting a seat in top IPU law colleges like USLLS or VIPS is very unlikely , even with defence quota. In past years, these colleges usually closed at much lower ranks.

However, IPU has a 5% defence quota , which can help you get a seat at a higher rank than general category candidates. With defence quota, you may have a chance in lower-preferred IPU law colleges in later counselling rounds (sliding or spot rounds).

So, at 20k CLAT rank with defence quota :

• Top IPU law colleges → Not possible

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• Other IPU-affiliated law colleges → Possible in later rounds

• Seat is not guaranteed , depends on vacancies and your defence priority

You should participate in all counselling rounds and keep defence documents ready to improve your chances.

You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.

Hope it helps !