Exam on 28th Dec - Need last minute tips please

with your range of scores, you may score anywhere between 600-650. But sometimes MGMAT verbal scores are difficult to replicate on the real thing. (if you are getting q45-48 on MGMAT tests, you can definitely end up getting a q49/50 on the real thing. That can bump your score )

Anyways, I'll go ahead and give you a couple of pointers on verbal (in this order):
1.) Study the official collection of questions- (especially SC and CR)
1.) Do take at least a couple of tests. try to improve on your timing (and take them with AWA and IR). Use checkpoints and pace yourself accordingly. Even if you do a LOT of questions wrong you can get a 700. You are aiming for a 650 - Realize that you will need to leave a few questions. Don't make 'best' the enemy of 'good' .
3.) Do revise and review your mistakes. If you don't measure, you can't improve. Spend adequate amount of time to go through the official explanations from the OG and official supplements. Will help tremendously. Subsequently, improve on areas you are weak in.
4.) concentrate on parallelism and modifiers.

good luck on your exam

Hi thanks for the link. I have not seen it, I will review it though.

I keep that timing track on a paper hanging in front of me when I am taking the test. But some questions just suck the time. I think I am afraid to knowingly pick a wrong answer. Not sure how to do that still. But unfortunately in the last 3 mins that is exactly what I do. So may be I should force myself to do it in the middle questions also.

Hi... thanks for those great pointers.. I am literally living breathing gmat now,.... I think I am already burnt up!!! I have a baby at home and I dont even spend a minute with him... well all that aside.. its only one more week. Hope it goes well!!

Can you explain what you mean by "official collection of questions". If you mean the OG, I have done 90% of it. 10% left. Doing that also side by side. But if you meant something else, please let me know.

Will do more on verbal in next 5 days. Please see my last post also and advice me.

Thank you all for your replies.. and the great tips.. Now, I have another BIG problem thought wise... I am really really really scared to take a FULL length exam, like I am freaking out what if I see a score below 600? I would be devastated. My confidence level might even go low after preparing for 6 months. I will be practicing couple of essays during this holidays.I practiced some IR in the past. Planning to do so in next 2 days. But otherwise, its Q & V.I did take 3 or even 4 full lenght tests in september, I got 570 to 590. I postponed my test from october to December 28th for that reason. Now I am scared to do the same. I know how much effort it is to sit for 4 hours straight mentally.I just believe I should be able to pull it off on exam day witht he adrenaline. NOT even sure if it is a bad idea.

Has some one ever faced or thought like this? not taken a full lenght test before exam but practiced in sections immensely. Can you please advice.

I have read about some "chinese burned" for AWA? Can some one please point me there?

Appreciate this forum and every single post and person here. I wouldn't have gotten this far with you guys.knowing there is always someone out there just like me or in my shoes made me confortable, and gave me confidence to face my fears. Thanks all. Hope I come back to give my debrief with a good score, one that I really want.

Hi,
I can verywell understand your feeling about the low score in full length mock. But just think, what if the score is more than what you expect? Wont it boost your confidence? If i were you i will definitely take a full length mock so that i can improve my timing in verbal section. Then again, i will not let the low score get into my head and hit the confidence.
Another point about your gussing in last 3 minutes. Its better to spread your 'guessings' all over the test than doing so only in the last 3 minutes. What if you have like 3~5 questions and need to guess all of them in a row?


Here is the link to chineeseburned guide on AWA - topic64327.html
All the best.

Thanks for the link and your input ashomech... I will be doing my best this holidays... I probably will take 1 may be.