Well don`t cut it if it`s not finished dude, nothing worse than having to let something go just because of time constraints that can be put back.
As for maximising, I really wouldn`t bother, it screws the sound and can actually make the cut worse, final recording volume has little relevance to how the cut will come out, it`s more the dynamics, and if you maximise and swuash too much, it`ll be a shit cut.