Fluctuation in GRE scores?

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I'm taking the GRE soon and I've only taken three practice tests (most of my studying was vocab or questions which weren't in the test format). Before I did practice tests under test conditions, I thought I'd score < 165 on the verbal because of pretests, but that wasn't always the case on the practice tests. My scores were 170Q/166V, 169Q/169V and 169Q/163V in that order. I'm a little worried that my verbal dropped in the third case - are such drops unusual? 

[AuldReekie]

I'm taking the GRE soon and I've only taken three practice tests (most of my studying was vocab or questions which weren't in the test format). Before I did practice tests under test conditions, I thought I'd score < 165 on the verbal because of pretests, but that wasn't always the case on the practice tests. My scores were 170Q/166V, 169Q/169V and 169Q/163V in that order. I'm a little worried that my verbal dropped in the third case - are such drops unusual? 

 

In short: no, variation is perfectly normal. If you want to assuage your fears further have a look at this page to see people's practice & real GRE scores.