BENGALURU: The story of the Karnataka Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) topper is fascinating. After scoring 96% in ICSE exams (class 10), Sanjana Rao picked the science stream in class 11 with a plan to take up engineering. But six months into the classes, she realised science was not her cup of tea. Five days before her second pre-boards in class 12, Sanjana decided to call it quits.
She left regular schooling in October 2021, enrolled in National Institute of Open Schooling and took up humanities subjects. Six months into studying a totally new subject, Sanjana scored 85% in class 12 and bagged the All India Rank 7 (Karnataka rank 1) in CLAT, whose results were announced late Friday night.