Official GRE vs Practice Materials

Hey guys,

I recently took my official GRE and was shockingly disappointed in my performance. In fact, I did worse on the real test (151/151) vs my diagnostic test (157/151) - I am not sure what the reason is. I have been studying from the 5LB book, some Manhattan and official ETS materials etc.

I even took a few official ETS practice tests, in which I most recently scored a 157/157, but for some reason, the actual test felt MUCH different than the official practice tests and other prep material. Has anyone else experienced this or know the reason why?? I have about a month before I take the test again and I feel that studying harder won’t help me because it feels like Im almost studying the wrong material. PLEASE HELP!!!

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I was scoring 304-305 overall ended up scoring 294 , only bec i couldn’t handle exam day pressure. May be your case could be different and ETS mock to real Mock is ±5 so not that bad