Last days - Goal 720+

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Hi GMAT Club,
I owe you guys a lot during my preparation time and now I need a little more help to schedule my last days. Here is my situation:

Prep time : 3 weeks (full time)
 Diagnostic : 640 (Q42 V35)
 Economist : 650 (Q42 V37)
 MGMAT 1  4/2 : 600 (Q40 V33)
 MGMAT 2  4/7 : 640 (Q42 V36)
 MGMAT 3  4/10 : 660 (Q43 V37)

I took the 3 MGMAT tests approximately at the time of the real thing (after lunch), but for the last 2 I skipped AWA and IR. 
From now on I am planning to take 2 more MGMAT CATs and the last GMAT Prep, all complete with AWA and IR. 
My goal is a  720+ . I am applying for the LBS MiM and my test is scheduled for the 20th April. I cannot reschedule.

For these remaining days I still have:
- OG Quant Review 2015
- OG Verbal Review 2015
I can buy more Official questions if necessary (Question Pack or something)
I can study up to 10 hours a day, I want to break 700 no matter what.

My plan for these days: 
 1. Improve in specific areas that are both common and especially troublesome for me 
- Go through the OG questions I got wrong during the early days
- Official material I mentioned before
 2. Improve test taking skills 
- Taking CATs to test progress, improve stamina and so on

I am sure I can improve more in terms of timing, careless mistakes and so on, but my Quant seems to not move from the low 40s. 
I am not mother tongue, but I am quite confident with my Verbal, I just had a look at the MGMAT guides and did the OG questions and my score has always been around the 80th percentile.
Every piece of advice is truly appreciated, in terms of materials to use and strategy to improve my score (especially Quant).
Thank you very much in advance,

Baldo
 
Edit: Added the summary of my last CAT.

AjiteshArun · Answer

You'd have to be  really sure  about the whole "taking 3 tests in the last week" thing. Maybe one GMATPrep and the question pack?

Baldo5 · Answer

What do you mean? Should I focus more on exercises and theory and do less CATs this week?

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Baldo,

Since your practice CAT scores are all in the low-600s to mid-600s, it's not likely that you're going to pick up the 70+ points that you're looking for in this last week. As such, you might want to push back your Test Date so that you can continue to study (and you'll have to log on TODAY before the 1-week-in-advance 'deadline' passes). In addition, taking 3 CATs in 1 week is NOT a good idea. The process of taking (and properly reviewing) a CAT requires a great deal of effort and energy; by extension, real improvement comes from doing practice problems, learning/practicing Tactics, honing your skills, review, etc. Taking a FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections) is just how you measure your progress. You should take no more than 1 FULL CAT per week going forward.

1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Baldo5 · Answer

Hi Rich,
thank you really much for your feedback. I am a European undergrad and I am applying for my MSc. I doing the GMAT only for my top choices: 
- LBS MiM (avg 683)
- LSE MiM (avg 670)
- Babson MSEL (avg 606)

I have other choices that don't require the GMAT at the moment so the test is not essential. 
I need to take the exam in a week because I will be really busy afterwards (exams, final work and so on).

In any case, thank you very much for your pieces of advice on the number of CATs, I see the point. 
For the reason stated above, I have to take the exam on the scheduled day and, if I have to be honest, I feel that just working on careless mistakes under time constraints I can improve my score a lot, that's why I wanted to take more practice tests.

AjiteshArun · Answer

The question pack should help. It has explanations, so you'll find getting through the analysis phase easier.

I wish you good luck, and hope that you can fix those "careless mistakes" in time. But if you're making a  lot  of silly mistakes, you might want to be a little more open to the idea of taking the exam again (despite being busy).

Baldo5 · Answer

Sure, I will try to do it now but if I will not be satisfied I am going to try again as soon as possible. What is your opinion about the OG Quant and Verbal Review as a resource for these last days? Thank you for all, I truly appreciated your honest feedback

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