Please give inputs - seven days left for test ... need 650

Responding to a pm:

590 ( V - 26, Q - 44 ) - 8 days left

My suggestions:

1. I see a decent Quant score. After Q 44, you need to review and learn to apply the concepts to higher level questions. At Q 50, the concepts are the same, only the application is trickier. Application is not something you learn in a week. If one's concepts are weak, a day with the right theory material can make a world of difference but it's another story with application. So my suggestion would be to let Quant be. Just practice a little bit everyday to stay in the zone.

2. Verbal score has a lot of scope of improvement. Your RC accuracy is quite low. 80% is pretty achievable with some practice. Knowing the various question types helps. I generally recommend the Veritas RC book since it has some very good passages for practice and it gives you a strategy which works for a lot of people (with practice, of course). But I guess the book itself will take a week to get delivered! Whatever RC material you have, I would suggest you to read up on the various types of questions e.g. Universal, Inference etc and how to approach these question types. Again, familiarity with CR question types and a strategy to work with each one does a world of good. For SC, practice with the most common error categories helps you quickly identify the errors at decision points. Try and go through whatever theory you have for Verbal and practice as much as you can.

3. Three practice tests in the next 5 days might be a little too much. Keep them on a low priority. People tire out after taking a test and don't feel like coming back to books after that. So go through the things you have to go through first. Then, if you have the energy to take a test, go ahead. Tests only help you figure out what you know and what you don't. They don't teach you anything new.

4. It's common to tire out after the first few questions of Verbal. That makes you lose your concentration. Ensure that you take each break. Drink a few sips of water and grab a couple of bites to eat during each break. If coffee works for you, take some cold coffee in a flask. Whatever you need to re-energize yourself! A little bit of food goes a long way.