Meet AILET 2018 Girl Topper Harshita Gupta

Harshita Gupta, AIR 2 AILET 2018

Harshita Gupta secured rank 2 in AILET 2018 with a score of 84/150. An extremely bright student of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 GCF, Harshita scored 97.2% in her CBSE board exams. Harshita shared that she attributes her success to her teachers, friends and parents.

Talking about her preferred National Law Universities in India, Harshita revealed that NLU Delhi is not her first preference. She further shared that NALSAR University of Law is her first preference followed by NLSIU Bangalore and then NLU Delhi.

Shiksha spoke exclusively to Harshita Gupta about her AILET 2018 prep strategy and experience of giving the law entrance exam. You can read the detailed interview below.

Thank you so much. Frankly, Rank 2 came as a big surprise but I am happy that my hard work paid off.

I continuously wrote mock tests, worked on my weak areas and made sure that I give my best on the D-day. I think the more you are consistent, the better are your chances of clearing the exam.

AILET being a difficult paper, I was ready to face any surprises that may come and I tried to cover as many type of questions as possible.

Yes, I was a 2 year classroom student at skolars, Jabalpur. I also took test series from Career Launcher, CLAT Possible, LegalEdge and lawprep.

Firstly, I tried to cover the syllabus after that from August I began taking mock tests, since I had my board exams in March. So the months, February-March was mostly devoted to board exam prep along with current affairs.

My weakness was English. I tried to solve as many questions as possible other than that I didn’t read novels or newspapers as I was not able to maintain consistency.

For strong areas, I just took mocks and sectional tests.

My main preparation was through mocks and sectional tests. Apart from that, I referred to books like English is easy, MK Pandey and Universal (for legal) and also various current affairs compendiums.

None.

I took CLAT, AILET and SLAT. In terms of difficulty level, AILET was the most difficult followed by CLAT and then SLAT.

I messed up CLAT this time. On the other hand AILET went pretty good. CLAT was easier so I didn’t face shortage of time as compared to AILET but I got stuck in one puzzle and therefore messed up the whole paper.

Yes, I decided to opt for humanities in class 11^th as it can give us more time to prepare for law entrances and we can also study the subjects that will help us later.

Continuously write mock tests and figure out a strategy for yourself and never ever lose hope. Just have faith in your abilities and be honest to yourself.

Try to meet the deadlines and make a plan for 1 week, 1 month, 6 months at the very beginning of your AILET prep.

I have a profound interest in diplomacy; so, international humanitarian law, IFS officer, working in UN etc., are on the cards.

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