Honestly, I haven't been this excited about something in a long time. I've been putting tremendous effort into preparing for the GMAT, and it is going to pay off next Wednesday. Thanks to the suggestions from other posters here, I've been doing as many re-takes of the GMATPrep tests (full exams on Saturdays and half exams before work each morning). While I have seen some repeated problems, my Verbal scores have been going through the roof. I scored 47V on Monday and 46V today. Today's test seemed to be nearly all new questions compared with the last time I took it. Quant has been interesting. I have been hovering between 47-49 on my re-takes. I find that I will think I have done poorly on a given test, only to find it wasn't as bad as I thought. This seems to support suggestions that one need not attempt to predict a score.
My plan for the next six days is to take one more GMATPrep test tomorrow. I will then focus on repeating questions from the
OG, along with questions I missed during my GMATPrep exams (I kept an
error log for the last few exams). I will also spend a great deal of time reviewing concepts I have not yet mastered. Is this a good idea? I decided not to take an additional full-length practice test during the last few days, as I want to keep the following thought in my mind: "I scored well on last week's test, and after this extensive prep the last seven days, I'm going to trump that score on G-Day." I also find that I do best when I study a ton before the test, keep my studying light the day before the test (perhaps just flipping through flash cards a couple times), and then walk into the test center KNOWING I'm going to beat the crap out of the exam.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my plan for the next seven days. I'm looking forward to making my own version of the elated posts shared by various members over the last couple months.