11 Days - Guidance Appreciated

[rajzillany]

I have been at this for 2 years on and off now.
I recently decided to leave my job to focus on this exam and apps full time, want to get everything in by round 2.
I have been scoring mid 600s and my last GMAT Prep CAT was a 640 (Q43v34). I am aiming for a 700+ as I see all candidates are.

I am working at this full time at the moment, dedicating at least 6 hours a day to the exam prep portion.

In these last few days, I plan on giving 3 more CATs and analyzing them (I use MGMAT forums to read explanations by Ron, Stacey, and other members).

I also want to go through as many OG13 questions as possible, but do not know the best strategy to approach this as I don't want to just go in order.

Is there a selection of questions per category/section that would be best to review and prepare with?
I purchased the OG Archer so I plan on using that as well.

Appreciate your input

[rajzillany]

I'm guessing its a really busy time between apps and exams, but 5 days left and I am still not getting past the barrier I need to.

A practice test and reviewing the test every day?
Or is it better to go over OG everyday and do a 100 qs?

Suggestions of any kind would be helpful as I feel like my time is scattered without the pinpoint focus I would need to do well on this exam.

Thanks.

[StaceyKoprince]

oh no. When you replied to your own post, you put yourself later in the queue, so now I'm only getting to you now. :(

(It is the busiest time of year, and I was also traveling from 5 Dec to 15 Dec.)

I think that means you've already taken the test now. Let me know how it went.

I would have told you to use these two articles to guide your last couple of weeks:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... an-part-1/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ew-part-2/

The goal is to do a comprehensive review but NOT to tire yourself out - so, no, not a test every day, and not 100 questions every day either. You can't possibly learn well from 100 questions in a day, so all you're doing is tiring your brain out without getting the benefit of full learning.

I'll leave it at that for now. I hope you got the score you wanted and we don't have anything else to talk about! But if you didn't, let me know and we'll figure out what to do.