Dear utgolfer,

Thanks for your post!

With less than a month to go before your test date of January 10th, you might be hard pressed to find a short-duration (e.g. weekend) GMAT test prep offering - especially in light of the holidays. Having said that, I know that many of the prep companies offer single-day sessions or 1-2 week boot camps, so your best bet will likely be reaching out to firms like Manhattan GMAT, Kaplan and Veritas to investigate what they've got on offer in Houston.

Since these firms may not offer much in the way of formal classes or boot camps during the holidays, you may also want to consider hiring one of their tutors for a full weekend of dedicated work - to simulate a boot camp of sorts.

As a final note, I think that it absolutely makes sense for you to continue prepping/refreshing if your Princeton Review course ended back in August - as it is very likely that you've built up some rust since the course ended. Be sure to try doing some timed, full-length practice tests (ideally one per week for the next 3-4 weeks) and make sure they aren't just Princeton Review tests - since you want to expand your exposure to new questions (and since Princeton Review's GMAT questions tend to track a bit easier than the real exam).

Best of luck,

Graham

Graham, thanks for the response. Below is a description of how I prepared. Let me know your thoughts.

After 6 months of studying, a private tutor, and countless practice hours I took the test today(12/8/08) and scored a "wonderful" 460 (31Q 24V). My goal score is a 680...so I am way off.

Timing is a major issue as I spend way too much time in quant. on the first 20 and have typically had to guess on the final 10. Below is a recap of how my scoring has gone.

PReview Ptest: 6/16/08 460 (32Q 22V)...without any studying.
PReview Ptest: 7/16/08 480 (33Q 24V)
PReview Ptest: 10/28/08 510 (31Q 30V)
MGMAT Ptest: 10/31/08 580 (42Q 29V)
GMAT Prep: 12/05/08 460 (22Q 31V)
PReview Ptest: 12/06/08 520 (35Q 27V)
GMAT Prep: 12/07/08 630 (43Q 34V)
Actual Test: 12/08/08 460 (31Q 24V)

I studied almost everyday except for the month of August because of work obligations.

Other books I have are Kaplan 800, Kaplan 2005 addition, Princeton Review guide book. I have downloaded a ton of material from this website and I plan on using it over the next month(I didn't really study the notecards that can be downloaded).

Again, I am looking for some advice.

Thanks in advance...