Countdown: T minus 2 days. Comments on my weaknesses?

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I take the GMAT on Saturday. Overall I feel pretty good about it. I've been working in the OG 11 main book and the green Quant. one. In all sections I was most recently working towards the end of each section, which I assume contains more difficult questions. In total I've taken 3 CAT practices: Kaplan (550) GMATPrep (590) GMATPrep 2 (600?). I accidentally clicked past my score on this last one, but I got two more questions right in Quant. and one less in Verbal, so I think around 600 is fair.

Verbal as a whole is no problem. I think I can handle just about and CR, SC and RC. My biggest weakness is probably RC, but I think if I just take my time to do it right and not rush I'll be fine. On my last practice test I missed 13 questions, but I feel like these were careless mistakes more than anything. I've worked on that and will be mindful to fully read the questions and try not to repeat my errors.

Quant. is a little more troubling. While I've improved, I still struggle in certain areas.

Easy-Medium DS questions should be no problem, but I still struggle with the more difficult ones. In the OG Quant. book I've been getting around 60% of the most difficult DS correct. I'm comfortable with the format and how to approach, but sometimes I feel like I miss a certain possiblility that would change my answer. I'm confident that I can handle almost any DS that's thrown at me, but we'll see.

I feel I have a good grasp of most of the the concepts that are tested in the Quant. section. I'm good with numbers properties, geometry, algebra, equations, etc. My biggest weakness is probability and combination. While I've worked on these areas, I haven't primarily focused on them because I have been told that these questions are much less frequent and I honestly don't know how much I can improve on them in the short time I have left. I can handle easier ones, but there's a 1/5 chance I'll guess on the harder ones.

Not worried about the AWA. Have a good template ready and feel I write well enough to do fine.

I would like some comments about where I stand and any last minute words of wisdom. Today and tomorrow will be light study days as I try to relax, but some advice can't hurt.

Wish me luck. I'm pretty confident that I'll do better than I have on practice tests and have learned from my mistakes.
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by billu » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:42 am
Hi
All the very best to you...I think you sound positive and you are already aware of your strengths and weakness; that is good. Here's what I plan to do before two days of G-Day: brush up a little more and do some practice Qs - ones that I have already done - for warm up.
Be positive and be wary of managing your time on the test. Best wishes again
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by dubc1982 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:44 am
Thanks a lot, good luck to you too!

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by mayonnai5e » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:43 pm
Sounds like you are mentally prepared and that is already a good sign. My suggestions are to relax, do some light studying of your notes and error logs and lessons. Go over your mistakes to learn from them, but try to stay away from doing more practice, more cats, etc. At this point, doing more questions will only shake your confidence, make you even more worried and will not really help much relative to all the time you've already spent.

I wouldn't worry too much about the probability and statistics part either as that will usually appear in the high 600s and 700s range so if you see them then you will most likely already be doing better than you've done in your practice cats!

GOOD LUCK.
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