Practice GMAT 570: Q33; V38 - Study Plan to Get a 650

[KushS904]

All,

I've been studying for a little under a month and took my first practice GMAT with MGMAT and scored a 570 with a 33 QUANT and 38 VERBAL. My goal is a 650 and I'm set to take the GMAT in a month. I have to get better with the timing and made some careless errors on some pretty simple Quant problems, but am hoping I can get an 80 point improvement in a month. Verbal: I do fairly well on Critical Reasoning (almost always 100% correct) and am pretty good with Sentence Correction, but there is room for improvement. Reading Comprehension: I think I take too many notes and that slows me up. Quant: Honestly, I think I just need to get the fundamentals down. I don't have a math background so I'm learning a lot of this for the first time since Junior High / High school.

I work full time as a lawyer and try to study at least two hours per day on the weekdays and 4 hours each day on Saturday and Sunday. I have the MGMAT materials and signed up for Magoosh.

Any overall advice on how to tackle the next month to see the 80 point improvement that I need?

[StaceyKoprince]

Take a look at this article:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog ... our-score/

It talks about how to develop a study plan. In particular, pay attention to this, which talks about the mindset you need to develop to succeed on this test:
http://tinyurl.com/executivereasoning

And this, which talks about how to get the most out of your studies of GMAT-format problems:
http://tinyurl.com/2ndlevelofgmat

That last one kicks in after you have relearned all this math from middle school and high school that you've forgotten.

If you'd like to get more detailed advice, then first read the articles I linked above. Think about how what you've been doing does and doesn't match up with that and how you may need to change your approach accordingly.

Then, use the below to analyze your most recent MGMAT CATs (this should take you a minimum of 1 hour):
http://tinyurl.com/analyzeyourcats

Based on all of that, figure out your strengths and weaknesses as well as any ideas you have for what you think you should do. Then come back here and tell us; we'll tell you whether we agree and advise you further. (Note: do share an analysis with us, not just the raw data. Part of getting better is developing your ability to analyze your results - figure out what they mean and what you think you should do about them!)