so after all that drama ... i finally scored a 710!!! feel so good now! more of a relief than anything else.
This was my final break up
Quant - 48, 86th percentile
Verbal - 40, 90th percentile
Overall - 710, 94th percentile
Took braindancer's advice ..and gave one more GMATPrep before the actual test. scored a 720 on it ...found that when i relaxed ..problems looked much simpler.
in fact during the actual test, i spent so much time checking and rechecking my answers (coz i felt each question was easier than the last one ...which really made me very nervous!!) ..that i had to click thru the last 2 questions. could have easily got a few pts more..but not complaining!!
Manhattan GMAt and the GMAT Club V1.2 and V2 questions helped tremendously! They get you thinking the right way for quant.
And apart from practice ..lots of it ..especially in the timed CAT environment ..attitude makes such a big difference.
thanks guys for all the great advice!!