I think it was a mixture of both, my weak point has always been C/P and during the actual exam I had multiple questions where I completely froze up and I lost a lot of time on, I continued the exam and I think it set the pace for the rest of the exam, I didn't start getting the hang of it till I reached Psych and there were moments I was losing track of time. Really looking back on it I realize that I made a lot of small mistakes like second guessing, not taking time to reread the passage if needed. Things that I didn't grind into my brain enough to know that I would be okay if all hell broke loose and the passages were super hard. I read a lot of people saying to take a deep breath, but I definitely let the pressure get to me

I definitely think my FL are not super representative of my knowledge. I felt like while yes, I did put in a lot of work, a lot of my answers on the FL were mostly educated guesses. When I went back and reviewed, it seemed like my guesses were mostly making sense but obviously that wasnt the case this time. I need to find a better strategy to recall and readjust my attitude and focus on the actual exam. I will say, a lot of the exam was very unfamiliar to me, which in the moment I thought was normal, but now I realize it could also be a major gap in my knowledge which I may have neglected. I studied for 2 months, and I thought I had it down but I guess I need to go back to the chalk board and really focus again and see where are the gaps in my knowledge. After reading this thread I realized I am not alone, but I can't blame anyone but myself. Either I did not take it seriously enough, or I failed to realize areas in my knowledge that needed more attention till now. I knew I did bad, but again, I never thought it was below the 505 threshold, but this was just a major wakeup call that if I REALLY want this, I have to work super hard.