Rajiv, you've been the very fortunate recipient of some awesome advice from HerrGrau. Major kudos, HG!
It sounds like you're not terribly thrilled with the 49 on quant, and I just want to reassure you that 49 is a spectacular quant score. As you climb up the quant score scale, each additional point is tougher to get, so the gap between a 49 and 50 is surprisingly large. You should be proud of the 49, and don't kick yourself too hard if you don't make it to a 50 or a 51--it's unlikely to be a difference-maker when it comes to your composite score or your MBA applications.
I'm actually encouraged by the breakdown of your errors in your final GMATPrep test. At least in theory, SC is the easiest verbal question type to improve, and I suspect that you aren't 100% bulletproof when it comes to recognizing some of the mechanical grammar/usage issues on SC questions. I'm guessing that you've already studied all of the rules, but maybe some of them slip past you when you're under time pressure? Are you noticing 100% of the key words on every question, or does an occasional "marker" (and, which, that, it, they, less, few, little, either/or, etc.) go unnoticed?
If you think that imperfect mechanics might be hurting your SC score, you might want to go through the official SC questions you've already done, and identify EVERY error in EVERY answer choice, just to help train your mind to see all of the grammar and usage errors. If you don't think that's an issue, then feel free to ignore this.
Beyond that, HerrGrau's advice is spot-on: make sure that you think about meaning on SC questions once you've already found the grammar/usage errors, and embrace the challenge of nasty LSAT CR and RC questions. You seem like a sharp, hard-working sort of guy, and I'm confident that you'll be able to nail these last 40-60 points.
Enjoy your break, and good luck with your studies!
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