Gameplan Before Test In 9 Days

[rewingcpa]

What is the best game plan for the next 9 days? I am a Manhattan GMAT student and I just finished the online prep class. My test is on Thursday, August 27. My goal is a 700. My CAT scores are:
#1 Q43 V34 640
#2 Q43 V34 640
#3 Q44 V37 670

I experienced timing issues on the first two practice tests due to a power outage and a wasp problem at the office where I was taking the exam. I took my third exam in a different location and did not experience any timing problems on the third exam. I took all of the exams with the AWA essays and under the test conditions that I expect on test day.

Should I spend most of my time in the next 9 days focusing on my weakest areas? If so, would it be best to spend most of my time reviewing the Strategy guides or going over OG questions? What is the best way to maintain what I have already learned?


Thank you for your help.

[RonPurewal]

Should I spend most of my time in the next 9 days focusing on my weakest areas? If so, would it be best to spend most of my time reviewing the Strategy guides or going over OG questions? What is the best way to maintain what I have already learned?

you should spend some time reviewing weak areas, but not too much time.

remember the lesson from class #9 (the last session) of your online course:
when you get close to test day, you want to transition from studying weak areas to planning timing.
in other words:
if you're within a week of test day, you probably won't be able to effect much more improvement on your weak areas - especially if they're areas on which you've already worked a lot but that are resistant to change.
but what you can do is PLAN YOUR TIMING AHEAD OF TIME.

you should note the areas on which you've had better and worse performances, and areas on which you've spent more and less time.
you should plan to move time away from the areas on which you've struggled, and toward the areas on which you've done a better job. (if you're familiar with basic economic theory, this is the principle of "comparative advantage" at work.)

you may want to watch class #9 again - the recordings are available 24/7 - to revisit the concept of planning timing.
the whole point of the lesson entitled "preparing to face the gmat" in that class session is that, once the test draws close enough, you should STOP trying to improve resistant weak areas and move your focus to making optimal timing trade-offs.

if your test is only nine days away, "maintain[ing] what you've already learned" should not be an issue.

good luck!