LAST MINUTE HELP PLEASE!!

[Shini]

Dear Stacey!!

I have been preparing seriously for GMAT for the last 2 months and have my exam date in next 5 days. Mentioned below are my test scores with dates of tests

GMAT Prep 1 (14/1/2013) - 590 (Q 44,V 27)
MGMAT 1(28/1/2013) - 620 (Q45 V 31)
MGMAT 2 (6/2/2013) - 620 (Q39,V 36)
MGMAT 3 (16/2/2013) - 670 (Q 45, V 36)
MGMAT 4 (23/2/2013)- 690 (Q 47, V 37).
GMATPrep 2 (26/2/2013)-610 (Q42 , V 32)

I gave GMATPrep2 today and I was dismayed to see the result.

I think what went wrong for me was that GMAT Prep 2 had same AWA and IR sections,few repeat quant ques as in GMAT Prep 1 ,same RC passages (all three were same),lot of same CR & SC questions..I had somehow lost interest when I began doing the test yet I continued working as I told myself this is supposed to mirror the real thing.
Such a result, I believe is contrary to what others get when they get the same questions twice but I guess I was just too quick in answering (30 mins left and 12 ques in Verbal.) and did not maintain the patience level I should have or I was too bored (it is not an excuse but I am asking if it can actually be a factor for such a performance?).

I do not wish to make any excuses for the sad mock result but a fall hurts..I would love to believe that this mock (GMAT PREP) may not be true indicator of my preparation level but I am left wondering if I should think positive about MGMAT CATs that I took and more so about the one immediately before this test..just two days ago.

I was earlier jittery that the improvement that I have been able to make should either be stable or it should increase (ideally), however looking at my today's result which is supposed to indicate the near GMAT score I did poorly.

Please let me know what you feel on this. Should I still keep my hopes for the next 5 days. My aim is get to 700.

What should I do to feel confident. Do I take another CAT..and which one...I have developed affection and love for MGMATs but is good enough of me Stacey! Please help!!

Love..

[StaceyKoprince]

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Hmm, something went seriously wrong with that GMATPrep. The IR section is the same, but everything else should have been different. You might want to send an email to the people who make the test to let them know what happened.

I know you've already taken the real test by now, but here's what I would have said... though I hope you don't still need my advice. (That is, I hope you had a good test day! Either way, let me know.)

I'm concerned that you posted a score drop even though you were seeing questions you'd already seen before. You must not have remembered them well enough to remember the actual answers (because you wouldn't have chosen the wrong answers on purpose)... right?

I'm also thinking that you were feeling quite a lot of stress / nerves because you *raced* through the test if you had 30 minutes left with only 12 questions to go. (Unless... has this happened in the past? You've gone much too fast and finished too early?)

It's not too surprising that your score would've dropped - anyone going that quickly will likely make a number of careless mistakes. I want to get behind whatever caused you to go so quickly, though, because you could end up doing the same thing on the real test. After all, no practice test is as stressful as the real thing. Do you really think it was just because you were seeing questions you'd seen before? Or do you think the anxiety was more because the real test was getting close, etc?