Help - 2 weeks left

[normal80]

Hi,
Today i got exactly 14 days left, And i could really use some advice about what to do with them.

I'm preparing for 3 months - one day every weekend (whole day), mostly solving questions by topic on the quant section.

Mgmat 1 - 3 weeks ago: 650 (44q,35v)
mgmat 2 - 1 week ago: 700 (44q,41v)

My target score is 700. (minimum 680..)

No, I did not did much work on the verbal question,
My RC/CR is pretty good - it comes very naturally, on mgmat 2 - 80% were correct in the 710-740 level.
But, my SC is very bad.. mgmat 2 - 29% correct on 730 level, mgmat 1 about 49% correct 650 level.

I think the major thing which changed between mgmat1 and mgmat2 - i got alot of rc/cr question to begin with, with got my percentile pretty high, then hard sc questoins which i did wrong - but did not drop my score because of the question level. I think.

So,
The thing is in quant i know all the basics, and i Did solved questions by topic, but I DID NOT USE OG12 EVEN ONCE.

So, what should i do in the next 2 weeks?
1. change my exam time to like in one month?
2. go for it, and try and do my best
and if i go for it, should i try now to practice OG12?

I need someone to reassure me about my way of thinking, i think if i can score 40 on the V, i MUST imrpove my quant to 47-48 level. my major problem there was careless mistakes in simple problem solving and word translation quesitons.

so any help about what to do will be great

[StaceyKoprince]

You don't mention your goal score. What is it? It's hard for me to advise you when I don't know what you're trying to get.

Did you take your practice tests under 100% official conditions, including essays, length of breaks, time for sections, etc?

In general, your scoring level approximately 7 to 10 days before the real test is about what you should expect to get on the real test. (And that assumes you took the practice test under 100% official conditions, including essays.) So if you want something more than what you're scoring now, or if you didn't take the test under official conditions, then you should probably postpone your test, yes.

(I'm guessing, because you're asking in the first place, that you want a higher score, which means you're likely going to decide to postpone. But let me know.)

Also generally speaking, you spend your time trying to improve your weaknesses until you get to about 10 to 14 days before the real test, at which point you start switching over to a comprehensive review. Your skills are what they are, your score level is what it is, and now you try to make sure that you review everything so that you can hit that same score on the real test.

I'm going to give you some reading to do and then you can decide whether you're ready to take it or whether you want to postpone (let us know what you decide).

Start with this: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmat/

Analyze your recent MGMAT CAT with this:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

You can share the above results with us if you want (note: we want to see your analysis of the data, not just the raw data itself!)

If you have timing problems:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... anagement/

You mention careless errors; look at the careless errors section of this article:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/error-log.cfm

For SC, start here:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... n-problem/

And then here:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/GMATprep-SC.cfm

Then, obviously, you'll need to go back to the Strategy Guide to study the rules, improve your weaknesses, etc.

Okay - so let us know your goal score, whether you took those practice tests under 100% official conditions, and (if you like) your analysis of your last practice test based on the above article. If you do the latter, I can then direct you to some more specific resources based upon your strengths and weaknesses.

Save these two articles for later but remember what I said: you try to *improve* up until about 10-14 days before the real test. Then you accept your basic levels where they are and move to reviewing everything instead.

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... game-plan/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... game-plan/