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I don't know. I figured I'd be taking it again, and know my scores will be vastly different the next time. The next set of scores should accurately reflect my ability. Also, I'm getting much much mixed information about leaving questions unanswered at the end vs guessing. Someone I spoke to today indicated that essentially 1 point is awarded for a correct answer, 0 for unanswered, and -1/4 point for incorrect. Is there any definitive answer on this?

I recently took the GRE for the first time. Q470 V350 I had verbal first... and somehow got confused as to how many questions I had remaining (or time), I panicked, muttered "Oh my God" to myself, and tried to answer as many as I could with the time remaining... ultimately leaving 4 unanswered. I had a mini-panic attack. 60 seconds... Quant starts. I was still freaking out about what I'd done on the verbal section, and was now rushing because I had misjudged time in the previous section. Complete cluster**** Anyway, I was miserable after the test. I couldn't believe I had done that, and let it have such a negative effect on me for the remainder of the test. That being said, I've found some good in the experience in that I have identified a couple of my weak points: - time management (obviously): too long on reading comprehension questions, too long on graph reading quant questions - taking too much time to force myself to figure something out (if I don't come to the answer quickly) rather than moving on to the next question - second guessing myself on many quant problems (I assume from not practicing enough) Are leaving questions unanswered worse than just running through the remaining questions and guessing? On the verbal I left ~4 unanswered, and on the quant I was able to answer all, but guessed for the last ~6 or so. What should I do next time? So, I'm planning on taking it again in about a month and a half (maybe longer if need be). I think my biggest problem is that I had no rhythm, no plan of attack, no strategy. From what I've read on the boards so far, I think I need to do many many practice runs to perfect my strategy so as not to make myself sick with nervousness again next time. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.