I checked the syncing status, it returns false. I submitted transaction with a very high gas value but it takes long time to get completed. This is my local ropsten node:
INFO [08-06|13:16:45.473] Imported new chain segment blocks=20 txs=485 mgas=36.216 elapsed=8.801s mgasps=4.115 number=3781888 hash=c6044b…699f1f cache=14.53mB
INFO [08-06|13:16:54.141] Imported new chain segment blocks=33 txs=513 mgas=48.793 elapsed=8.668s mgasps=5.629 number=3781921 hash=eedfea…5493ef cache=14.97mB
INFO [08-06|13:16:55.307] Imported new chain segment blocks=5 txs=85 mgas=11.554 elapsed=1.166s mgasps=9.905 number=3781926 hash=90df4a…40f450 cache=15.09mB
INFO [08-06|13:18:17.611] Submitted transaction fullhash=0x84053eabcb71a8081832d17b10b5145fd292fcce9fb1fa9d5b3694812c9ade1f recipient=0x830954070CA0051Eb6941314158c0A65CF756296
INFO [08-06|13:19:52.805] Submitted transaction fullhash=0xfdccd022ef614bd73318272212fd765428882c6d988177a611286247edae9b2b recipient=0x830954070CA0051Eb6941314158c0A65CF756296
INFO [08-06|13:20:09.826] Submitted transaction fullhash=0x6011cdf5281e82e8a1143e32248061f364290cb7005d033c663cabc2dc2c962d recipient=0x830954070CA0051Eb6941314158c0A65CF756296
INFO [08-06|13:21:01.424] Submitted transaction fullhash=0xe7ce20f1d5e6668826aad9bcdf4b96290ac9058ec2f02161621da97101c65242 recipient=0x830954070CA0051Eb6941314158c0A65CF756296
INFO [08-06|13:21:18.071] Imported new chain segment blocks=2 txs=32 mgas=1.270 elapsed=212.207ms mgasps=5.983 number=3781928 hash=27dcc9…fb721f cache=15.05mB
INFO [08-06|13:21:19.054] Imported new chain segment blocks=3 txs=17 mgas=0.506 elapsed=125.386ms mgasps=4.032 number=3781931 hash=09bf3f…df3b02 cache=14.91mB
INFO [08-06|13:21:28.149] Imported new chain segment blocks=8 txs=278 mgas=27.496 elapsed=8.187s mgasps=3.358 number=3781939 hash=7879aa…e0f9c0 cache=15.22mB
INFO [08-06|13:21:31.078] Imported new chain segment blocks=11 txs=267 mgas=20.008 elapsed=2.925s mgasps=6.839 number=3781950 hash=abcd65…d2113f cache=15.36mB
I called contract method through web3.js to add struct(containing 2 string) to a list.