HmhGavin

Many had claimed that the powerprep is fairly accurate, and so I really don't understand why my actual verbal score is way off: PP1: 580-680 V, 750-800 Q PP2 (taken about a month later): 680-780 V, 720-800 Q The real test: 460-560 V, 700-800 Q. I'm really baffled by the 120-220 verbal gap--that's a really huge one, especially after making a marked improvement in a month time. I didn't do anything differently, and I knew all of the strange words. In fact, I finished about 5 minutes early, and so had the chance to double check my work. Has this strange thing ever happened to anybody? I've been replaying the whole test in my head a few times now, and could only find about 3-5 mistakes in each section.... I'm going to retake the revised GRE in two months, but fear that the scores won't change, i.e. it wasn't a fluke. I now have two months to prepare instead of one.... Would you share how you prepared for the test and what book you used to do better in the verbal section?