thanks guys...my plans for the future are not linked to any MBA program, as I'm taking the GMAT for a scholarship and not to enrol in an MBA...so nothing to say about that
As far as my preparation is concerned, there are some very important principles I learned from other people in these forum and that I'd like to underline once again:
1. Learn from your wrong answers, why are they wrong? Carelessness? Concepts need better understanding?
2. Learn why you get an answer RIGHT! This is more important than the previous point! What you get right for a stroke of luck you'll not get right on the real thing! So review carefully also the right answers.
3. Material: the OG is fundamental for Verbal and for getting comfortable with some math you might have forgot.
Kaplan 800 can be useful. Kaplan CAT tests are awful, verbal and scores not representative, options provided unclear and confusing...waste of time but still needed to build your stamina.
4. Practice with the ESSAYS! ALWAYS! So boring but rewarding, trust me guys...I felt very well at the end of the verbal section...
5. The most important thing:
how to benefit from GMATClub?
Okay here's how I did:
a) The guys here are smart: just learn from them....
b) Need to focus on remainders/probabilities/Permutations/whatever? Just search the forum for posts that contain the word Remainder and some 1000 questions will pop up and PRACTICE THEM TILL YOU UNDERSTAND! This is better than anything...
c) Once you're done with both gmatprep tests, search the forum again for gmatprep! you'll notice that maybe only 1 question in 20 is the same you got on your practice test! and I assure you guys that a lot of questions are really representative, so understand the concepts and if you master them you'll crack the math section
d) Participate! When I post a solution to a problem my line of reasoning gets clearer in my mind and next time I can come up with a solution in half the time I needed before.
Okay that's all comes to my mind now...I'll give you some other suggestions if my brain starts working again after such an effort...