sumit datta

Well, I am an engineering student currently studying in 2nd year in india. Now, due to poor academic performances I have gotten a year back. Which basically means that I flunked a year. I really wanted to give GRE exam sometime next year and continue studying in the US. Will the year back be an important factor because of which the good colleges will reject my applicationeven if I end up maintaining high overall grades (cgpa) ?? Is there anything I can do to compensate for the year back?