Hi Aspirant,

GATE Exam generally gets conducted in January/February. It means a third-year engineering student will be in the 6th Semester.

A 6th semester, Engineering student is not eligible to write the GATE Examination. In case you write the examination with some wrong entry, you will get the chance to write the examination, irrespective of the outcome.

The only advantage for you will be that you will get familiar with the real time atmosphere inside the examination hall.