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1 week til G-Day: GMATPrep at 710 (Q47 V41) - what to study?

by citystatekate » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:59 pm
Hi friends! My test is scheduled for October 3, and after two attempts at GMATPrep Test 1 (first time 710 (Q47 V41) and second time 720 (Q44 V46)), today I took the GMATPrep Test 2, and got another 710 (Q47 V41)...yay for consistency!

I'm pretty happy with my pacing and will work today and tomorrow on my greatest quant weaknesses (work rates and silly mistakes in basic two- and three-digit calculations), but what else should I spend my time on? Retake GMATPrep Test 2? Take new MGMAT practice tests online? Go through the OG for the third time? MGMAT practice questions online? Plow through BTG forums to work on harder problems?

I'm not quite sure what my quant vs. verbal balance should be during these final days of preparation. I've also got a history of nerd adrenaline overload (AKA test anxiety that I can *almost* always rein in and convert into productive, focused energy) so if y'all have any tips for managing that, I'm all ears. I visited the testing center today at the same time I'm scheduled to be there next week, so that's calmed me down a bit!

Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom!
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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:00 pm
citystatekate wrote:Hi friends! My test is scheduled for October 3, and after two attempts at GMATPrep Test 1 (first time 710 (Q47 V41) and second time 720 (Q44 V46)), today I took the GMATPrep Test 2, and got another 710 (Q47 V41)...yay for consistency!

I'm pretty happy with my pacing and will work today and tomorrow on my greatest quant weaknesses (work rates and silly mistakes in basic two- and three-digit calculations), but what else should I spend my time on? Retake GMATPrep Test 2? Take new MGMAT practice tests online? Go through the OG for the third time? MGMAT practice questions online? Plow through BTG forums to work on harder problems?

I'm not quite sure what my quant vs. verbal balance should be during these final days of preparation. I've also got a history of nerd adrenaline overload (AKA test anxiety that I can *almost* always rein in and convert into productive, focused energy) so if y'all have any tips for managing that, I'm all ears. I visited the testing center today at the same time I'm scheduled to be there next week, so that's calmed me down a bit!

Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom!
Kate
Most of your time during the last couple days should be devoted to reviewing things that you've already done. If you do take another test, I'd go for doing the GMATPREP test a second time since you won't get very much overlap (maybe 10%) and the questions are the most realistic out there.
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by citystatekate » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:53 am
Thanks Daniel! Following your suggestion, today I took GMAT Prep Test 2 for the second time and got a 750 (Q49 V45) ...verbal is definitely inflated because the first two reading passages were duplicates of my first attempt. Boy, do I love rereading about the twin currents of the Russian feminist movement in the late tsarist period...

Retaking Test 2 has made me more confident in and comfortable with my quant pacing strategy (I'm marking at questions 12, 24 and 30), and I've accepted the fact that at whatever my skill level I'm going to get about a quarter of the questions wrong (8 wrong on Q and still got a 49), so it's quite satisfying to confidently declare that a question is hopeless and then immediately move on with the rest of the test...if this were the LSAT I would probably read it, skip it, return and reread, and then end up guessing anyway. It's better to be efficiently wrong than inefficiently wrong B-)

I'll spend tomorrow and Friday reviewing BTG flashcards and the MGMAT Number Properties and Word Translation books along with drills in the GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition (teal blue book). Saturday I have an offsite for work all day, which ordinarily would be depressing but this weekend it is the perfect distraction to fend of my anxiety for 9 AM Sunday, the big G-DAY! After three attempts at GMAT prep over the past 15 months, I'm excited to finally get this test over with!
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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:17 am
citystatekate wrote:Thanks Daniel! Following your suggestion, today I took GMAT Prep Test 2 for the second time and got a 750 (Q49 V45) ...verbal is definitely inflated because the first two reading passages were duplicates of my first attempt. Boy, do I love rereading about the twin currents of the Russian feminist movement in the late tsarist period...

Retaking Test 2 has made me more confident in and comfortable with my quant pacing strategy (I'm marking at questions 12, 24 and 30), and I've accepted the fact that at whatever my skill level I'm going to get about a quarter of the questions wrong (8 wrong on Q and still got a 49), so it's quite satisfying to confidently declare that a question is hopeless and then immediately move on with the rest of the test...if this were the LSAT I would probably read it, skip it, return and reread, and then end up guessing anyway. It's better to be efficiently wrong than inefficiently wrong B-)

I'll spend tomorrow and Friday reviewing BTG flashcards and the MGMAT Number Properties and Word Translation books along with drills in the GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition (teal blue book). Saturday I have an offsite for work all day, which ordinarily would be depressing but this weekend it is the perfect distraction to fend of my anxiety for 9 AM Sunday, the big G-DAY! After three attempts at GMAT prep over the past 15 months, I'm excited to finally get this test over with!
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