Hi sgraves,
Those 7 silly mistakes are significant and might be enough on their own to get you to 650 (remember, there are only 78 questions in total between the Quant and Verbal sections). As such, working to eliminate the little mistakes should be a priority right now. Most little mistakes occur because you didn't take enough notes (or organized notes). You can get every hard question wrong and still score 650+, BUT you really have to nail the 'gettable' questions. This is an issue that likely needs to be 'drilled' out of you. I suggest that you redo EVERY question that you get wrong because of a little mistake. Don't just look them - redo each one, step-by-step, on the pad. Do NOTHING in your head. Demand 'precision' of yourself and your work. In the Verbal section, narrowing down the answer choices, but still getting the question wrong, means that you ALMOST got the question correct but you missed something. You should make a physical list of the little things that make the correct answer right and the incorrect answer wrong - those details could show up again on Test Day.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
