Advice regarding mocks and booking gmat

Hello, kreel11. If, as you have written, your goal is to score a 720+ on the GMAT™, then your official mocks should be in that range, say, 700-740 on a consistent basis. I am not knocking the Experts' Global material, but I am adamant in my position that official practice tests are the most accurate predictors of performance on the actual test. Even if you take official practice test 2 and earn a 720, I would suggest you take at least two more official tests--under closely simulated test-center conditions--and earn a similar score (or higher) before you could feel somewhat confident that you would likely perform in a similar manner on the actual exam. If your second official practice test went well, then I might go ahead and book an exam date. The two extra tests after that could help take some pressure off you, believe it or not, in the month or so leading up to the test. That is, you could reinforce correct lines of reasoning and earn desirable scores on a consistent basis (hopefully) and maybe even see some improvement within that timespan. And if not, then you could bounce ideas off the community here and perhaps save one of the purchased official practice tests for after you had gone back and studied your previous errors. If you give yourself too much time, you will probably become more and more anxious, and if and when you plateau in performance, you will be more prone to panic. Just prove to yourself that you can achieve your desired score with official material, then set a date, hit the books some more, and practice, practice. Build momentum just when you need it before the exam.

Good luck.

- Andrew