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Re: Need help with final prep stages.. [#permalink]
I have no experience with any of the Kaplan materials, but I'd start off with easy difficulty questions in areas where you think you are weak. The reasons are:

1. It'll help you understand if you are missing some of the basics.
2. If you are solid on the basics, it'll show in your scores and your confidence will go up!

Once you feel good at a certain level of difficulty, then move up to the next one. I agree with you about Quant being not as exciting unless you feel like you're getting things right! The key, I'll say again, is to REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!

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msday86, what a great post. That's a killer strategy.

Manbehindthecurtain, you need to balance out your prep. If you focus on just one area, the others will definitely suffer. Add verbal back into your daily prep. Do a minimum number of each question type per practice session, with a few more for the weak areas.

Also, I would add the PR tests to your arsenal. They are closest to the real thing after GMATPrep, and they have answer explanations.
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Is PR Princeton review? I feel a little maxed out spending money on GMAT prep - what are some of the cheaper practice questions you recommend?
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Re: Need help with final prep stages.. [#permalink]
Yep, PR = Princeton Review. Their book (Cracking the GMAT) is $25 on Amazon, not bad, actually. The DVD has some cool interactive tools and the tests are really worth it. They do have a free test on their Web site (https://www.review.com), so that would give you at least one free test. But after you take the GMAT, you could sell your materials and recover your costs, so I wouldn't worry about another $25.
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msday - when should I focus on my strengths? Kaplans advice is to make sure to cover strong areas in the week before the test to make sure they are reinforced. your strategy focusses a lot on improving weak areas - what are you thoughts?
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