Hello All,

I know this is my first post here, but I've been a long time reader/voyeur of this forum (it turns out you don't need to post much to benefit from it). Let me describe my experience, and maybe you can give some suggestions as I have a WEEK AND A HALF before the test! So my timeline looks like:

I started my journey the 25th of September by enrolling in MGMAT. I'm a full time employee at a tech consulting firm, so I have roughly 3-4 hours per day to study before the test on the 30th. My background is that I graduated from a tier 2 private engineering school in mechanical engineering with a 3.75 GPA, and I am a native speaker of English.

9/25 started MGMAT
9/25 MGMAT 41Q 31V - 590 (very rusty with all concepts as I haven't seen algebra like this in years)
11/27 MGMAT 42Q 27V - 590 (ran out of time on both verbal and quant- didn't know pacing strat)
12/11 MGMAT 44Q 40V - 700 (outlined but didn't write full AWA)
1/12 MGMAT 45Q 36V - 670

1/15 Finished all of MGMAT Prep Books, including Advanced

1/18 GPrep 48Q 34V - 670

My last test really has thrown me under the bus in confidence. I performed well in quant, only making 2 or so careless mistakes, however my verbal, my sentence correction killed me as I made mistakes involving idioms, and I had one rough RC passage.

As of now, my goal is to get 710+. I've already put in roughly 4 months of prep with around 120 hours of legitimate studying. In practice environments I get roughly 9 out of 10 SC questions right and 9 out of 10 RC (advanced difficulty). Is it possible, that if I study idioms and crank out verbal for the next week that I can bring my score to my goal by the 30th?

Any suggestions for some last minute tune ups or reading material that will amp my game up further? If I don't hit my target I will definitely retake. However, I'm discouraged by the stat that I've seen on this forum that generally the more hours you put into study, the more likely you will have a sub 700 score.

Please, any insight will be helpful.

Seems test anxiety is getting the best of you.

Few suggestions:

Take each question on its own and don't let a single question drag you down.
Don't persistently monitor the time. Remember, its timing is about averages (average problems/block of time)
Take full advantage of both breaks. Grab a snack, use the restroom. Use those 8 minutes to unwind. Also take your time going through the instructions.
Don't classify mistakes as "careless". The GMAC puts a great deal of effort into each question to ensure it can properly stratify between most applicants. Many "careless" mistakes are built into problems (tripping up the test taker with similar answers, test taker reading the question too fast and not answering the question asked (answering something else), etc.)

Other than that, the above post lists out how to use practice tests in these final days to narrow in on obstacles to achieve your desired results.
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