hahaha..i think so bro, no mate! i am no veteran. i am just a regular test taker who, if i may claim, did fairly well in it in the first and only attempt. my english vocabulary is nowhere near as good as someone who could get a perfect score in verbal, nonetheless, i do believe that a great chunk of success in the test depends upon how one performs on the big day of the exam!...meaning there is some luck factor associated with it as well. :) not to mention, i do believe that the more one practices, the more is the possibility of getting a good score in gre. contrary to what many may believe, all these graduate school tests are not as hard as they may seem in the beginning and failure to perform well in them, has very little to do with how one is going to perform in his/her graduate studies. graduate school is a different story. :P all the best :)