Hi, guys

1) No one will know if you reschedule your exam; the only thing the schools will see is if you show up to take an exam but either don't finish it or cancel it at the end (then they'll see that you showed up but cancelled the score).

2) It will be extremely challenging to go from 520 to 700 in a few weeks. That typically takes several months (and even then there are no guarantees - it's hard to get a 700 no matter where you're starting). Anyone in this situation should most likely reschedule the test.

3) It may be possible to go from 630 to 670 in a few weeks. Remember that all of these tests have standard deviations. The SD on our test is about 50 points and the SD on the official test is about 30 points, so it's fairly wide (most people are surprised by how large the SD is - people tend to think that if it's scored in 10-point increments, then it's actually accurate to within 10 points). At this point, you should assume you'll go for it, but take a last practice test about a week before and make your decision then. (If you cancel at least a week in advance, you get to apply most of the money to your next test date.)

4) In order to improve, it's very important to understand your weaknesses. guvernment, you said that you're struggling to figure out where you're doing badly. Look at the difficulty levels of the questions you're talking about - maybe the issue is just that you're struggling with the harder questions. Alternatively, maybe there are certain sub-types of questions that are giving you trouble so, when you get more of those, you do worse on CR or RC as a whole. Eg, maybe you're struggling with draw a conclusion or explain a situation. Or maybe you're struggling with specific detail questions on science passages. Or whatever. Dig in a little deeper and see if you can find any patterns there.

Also check out your timing and performance as you progress through the test. Are you using a little too much time in the earlier part and then having to pick up speed in the later part? And is that hurting your performance during the second half or the last third of the questions? In that case, if you happen to get more CRs there, you'd think you're doing worse on CR, but it's really just because you're pressed for time and possibly anxious because you know you're pressed for time. That will hurt your performance. Or it could be a stamina thing - you may be running out of energy towards the end of the section - that would again show up as inconsistent "weaknesses" across different question types.

5) visa, yes, analyzing the problems and your thought process is key to improvement. Look around the forums here for discussions about how to analyze various types of problems on the test.

Our standard deviation is about 50 points. The SD on the official test is about 30 points.