Opinion on Study Plan

Hello,

I am beginning to study the GMAT and would appreciate your opinion of my study plan.

Context :

- I am a non native english speaker. I took the GMAT in 2007 and scored 730 (50 quant ; 40 verbal ; but my Quant skills were fresh out of high school ! I studied 3 months)

- I am planning 12 weeks of study (~8 weeks to study quant and verbal ; 4 weeks to practice CATs and improve timing, stamina...) and targeting ~700+ score

- I took my first Manhattan practice test yesterday and here is the result : 620

Quant : 39 (43%)

Verbal : 35 (76%)


=> Looks like the quant part needs serious work. Verbal looks ok. (I have been working in consulting for the past years, partly in English, which may explain I am not too bad in verbal).


Key findings about Strengths and Weaknesses :

Quant :

1. Stronger weakness : FDP (<10 % correct + long time spent - ~2:40 /question)

2. Very Weak : Geometry (40 % correct + long time spent - 3:20/question)

3. Weak : Number prop. and Algebra (40% correct + 2:40/question

4. Not too bad - Word Problems (80% correct + ~2:20 / question)

=> Overall, I need work on almost all topics (for word problems I may have been lucky as it's usually a weakness)



Verbal :

1. Stronger weakness : RC (42% correct - 1:30 Right Answer ; 3:15 wrong answer)

Then CR looks not too bad (57% correct ; 1:30-2:00/question) ; SC looks ok (73% correct ; 1:30 / question)



I have 2 questions :

1. I will begin with a strong focus on Quant and am thinking of rewiewing the quant books of Manhattan Gmat in ~4 weeks. I'll begin with FDP. Shall I go directly to book on Geometry (2nd weakness) or shall I go in the normal order of MGMAT books (Algebra - Word - Geo - Number Properties) as I'll cover all the topics anyway ?


2. Shall I study some verbal in parallel in month 1 ? Although Verbal doesn't appear a strong weakness, I fear that if I begin Verbal in month 2, and begin with reading comprehension or CR, I'll have only 2 weeks practice of onen topic (ex : SC) when I enter the month 3 (CAT tests). Therefore, I am thinking of including a small review of verbal in parallel for the first month. What do you think ? Some websites recommand a focus on quant in month 1 and verbal in month 2 (with small practice in quant) ; some websites recommand to tackle both at the same time (to have enough time to strenghten the 2 skills) but I fear the work overload and wonder which topics I should study first

Do not hesitate if you have any comment or advice on my approach / questions.

Many thanks in advance.