Hi Chris,
It can be beneficial to try to define your goals (if possible) before you start the overall process of studying for the GMAT and applying to Business School. By having those goals, you'll have a better sense of 'completion' and you'll know when you have (or have not) hit those goals. The rather general concept of "doing as well as I can" cannot really be measured, since you'll always be left wondering if you could have scored higher, could have gotten into a different School, etc. To all of those ends, you might not actually "need" a 700+ score - if that's the case, then you could end up spending too much time, money and effort studying for the GMAT.
The GMAT product(s) that will be best for YOU will depend heavily on your personality and how you're most comfortable studying. Most GMAT Companies offer some type of free materials (practice problems, Trial Accounts, videos, etc.) that you can use to 'test out' a product before you buy it. We have a variety of those resources at out website (
www.empowergmat.com). I suggest that you take advantage of all of them then choose the one that best matches your personality, timeline and budget.
1) Have you taken any FULL-LENGTH CATs yet? If you have, then how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich