My final mock - GMATPrep test 2!!!

It has been 8 successive weekends that i have envied my roomies as i saw them watching movies & football, playing cricket and doing all kinds of stuff... :) I have made this very office building to be my destination for weekend freak-outs since last 2 months... And today was the final Sunday i was here before the G-day...

After yesterday's 750, obviously the hopes were high... GMATPrep test2, people say, gives you an approximate idea of your standing and a glimpse of your final performance... I took the same GMATPrep test2 today and was presented with a score of 700, Q:48 and V:35....

Quant:

The quality of questions this time was better... Probably i needed a break, which i duely got, from those boring OG 11 questions that kept coming in PowerPrep 1 & 2... I was having fun solving them, without realizing that i might run short of time... I thought my pace in the initial 15 questions was ok... But what did me was that i assumed the difficulty level to subside a bit after 20th question, so that i could pace up with my answers... But this assumption, proved costly... There were more complex DS questions in the later half of quant and that meant i had to give more time to each of them... And as a result, i had to randomly mark questions 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 and i got just one correct in them... I even had no time to do a "Akkad Bakkad Bumbai Bo"... :) Questions i got wrong were: 8, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36 and 37... In all, 9 incorrect, 28 correct and you would say - boy, how did you still score 48??? :)

Verbal:

Started with a CR this time... Followed by another CR and then a RC... First SC was only the 11th question in the flow... The idea of a bad quant, was hauting me throughout this section... This made me unnecessarily speed up through verbal questions... I was on 11 question after 20 minutes... And on 40th after 65 minutes... This means i did 30 quesions in 35 minutes, which makes me wonder how i did that!!! Ended up with 10 minutes to spare for 1 last question, only to find in the review that i clicked the wrong option there as well... :) Questions i got wrong were: 3, 6, 10, 12, 21, 23, 25, 26, 29, 32, 36 and 41... 12 incorrect, 29 correct... verbal:35 was nothing but an unexpected gift!!!

Learnings:
1. Never assume or guess the difficulty level in quant - the last few questions could be the toughest and yes, they do carry some importance if not more!!!
2. Never let the aftershocks of a bad section, affect other sections... Bad quant does not mean you will be hanged!!
3. Do not unnecessarily spead up through RCs... Concentrate more!!!
4. Guessing in first 15 questions in verbal is an unforgivable crime!

Summing up, this was an ideal case of what shouldnt be done on your G-day...

With less than 45 hours to go before kick-off, i now know one way you can screw yourself up...
And i am sure... my today's test experience will not only help me, but also all the GMAT aspirants who read this post...

There is a usual tradition following which people thank everyone who helped them in their preparation, after they are done with their exam... :) But not abiding by this tradition, i would just like to thank everyone who helped me, before i actually take my GMAT... :)

And as far as my last thoughts on my score are concerned - 700 is what, i feel, i deserve.... Anything above that will just be a bonus... Anything below that will be a similar goof-up!!

Wish me luck people!!! :):):)