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I love Magoosh! For the price and the amount of practice problems/explanation it provides, is a great value. I strongly recommend. Additionally, Magoosh has some free study apps that I also found helpful.

Hi everyone! Long time lurker, first time to post on here. I just took the GRE and did not get the results I was hoping for. Before I took the test, here are the results of my practice tests: Kaplan: V: 166, Q: 160 Manhattan Prep: V:160, Q: 159 Power Prep 1: V: 165, Q:164 Power Prep 2: V:166, Q: 160 Actual score: V: 159, Q:159 I partially attribute the poor scores to my ignorance to some of the testing rules -- I didn't realize you could only have 2 pieces of scratch paper at a time, I practiced quant using generous amounts of scratch paper and this really threw me off. In addition, I had some major texting anxiety the day of. Not trying to make excuses for my performance, just wanted to add some context. This being said, the main program I am applying for (Georgetown McCourt - MS DSPP) explicitly stated that they do not have a GRE cutoff, and that the average scores of applicants was V:159, Q:160. My undergrad GPA was underwhelming (3.0/4.0 in Electrical Engineering), so I feel like I need to have a good GRE score in order to be a competitive applicant. I'm fairly certain that I would like to take the test again..... but I have some questions: 1. Do you guys think my score would improve if I took it again? What have been your experiences? 2. How worried should I be about my current scores? 3. If I do retake, what are some good materials or methods to fine tune my base knowledge? I did the 3 month study plan with Magoosh for my first test. 4. Any suggestions on how to mitigate pretty bad test anxiety? Thank you for any feedback! I greatly appreciated it!