How many backlogs are acceptable?

Are backlogs acceptable in the first place? The answer to this question depends entirely on the choice of the country, region, university, course, etc.. The good news here is that many international students get admitted into prestigious universities in educationally favoured countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, provided you have documents to prove the clearing of those backlogs.

What are backlogs and how are they counted

A backlog is an exam that could not be cleared, this might be due to lack of preparation or absenteeism. 

The backlogs are counted in two ways –

 i) The number of subjects failed are counted as the number of backlogs, which is the case usually in the United States of America or United Kingdom; e.g. if one fails in one subject but the attempt to clear it is made twice during the given time to clear the backlog, then the number of backlogs will be counted as one and the number of attempts will be two. 

ii) The number of attempts made to pass the final subjects are counted as the number of backlogs, which is the case usually in Australia or Germany; e.g. if one fails in one subject but the attempt to clear it was made thrice, the number of backlog counted is equal to three.