Does Dropping a year in B.Sc Physics hurt your career considerably?

[Mechanic]

Hi Guys
I am pursuing B.Sc in Physics (Currently 2nd Year) from the college at my hometown.
I gave my Part 2 (Paper 3 and Paper 4) examinations this week and they were terrible to say the least and i'm convinced that i'd fail.

So i am considering dropping this year altogether and appear for the Part 2 examinations again next year as i need a good overall percentage to get in at any good university for my M.Sc studies.
And also due to the fact that everything i learn in 2nd year is directly worked upon in 3rd year, if i drag myself through with this my basics would suffer.

My friends/classmates are saying that dropping a year would have no impact on my career in the long run, as long as i get a good overall/aggregate percentage (>60 %).

However my family is against the idea, as i have been a good student and they can't get their heads around the fact that i am Dropping a year.
My Brother a successful software Engineer at Infosys is totally against the idea and says that maybe my future employers would sideline me due to this academic setback.
However I think that the hit i'd take with bad marks would prove to be more of a setback in the long run.

So, what do i do?

 

[OinkBoink]

Although what you're saying makes sense objectively, i.e. you want to understand the content of your 2nd year so that you have a strong base on which you can build your 3rd year, the problem is that some employers will sideline you. When it comes to academics, things are not flexible here like in the west largely due people's perceptions. For example, in the US, people drop out of college, work and go back to college again. 40-year olds study to get degrees. People also drop out of college sometimes because they've failed or they were not motivated enough but they come back later in life to obtain a degree.

Here, if you have an extra year on your resume, it might (and probably would) elicit all sorts of responses from people and potential employers. Some of these responses may be rational and some may be irrational. Some of them might think you're not capable enough (whether you really are or not is another thing). Most certainly most employers would ask you why you took an extra year and that's understandable. That being said, I've seen people in my college get good jobs even after taking an extra 2 years to do their course. But keep in mind that these people were outliers. To cover up for their lost time, they worked their asses off later. They improved their academic (and other) credentials in at least one way or another. Basically, you have to be able to prove your worth in some way or the other.

Objectively speaking, it should not matter whether you took 3 years to do your course or 10 years to do it if you have understood your course material and you can prove your worth in some way. But a lot of people (both employers and normal people) won't see it this way for one reason or another.

Now, I don't know why you failed and frankly it's not my business. But, if it happens again, you may end up feeling bad about yourself. So take all of this into consideration before you make this decision.