I just scored 430 on my first GMAT and need all the help I can get...

I can not help you 100% but i will share few mistakes,which i did in my GMAT preparation, May be you can avoid while doing your preparation

I learned basics and solved few questions and immediately jumped to hard level questions with out practicing medium level questions. I did because of my tutor suggestion. So while solving question understand where you are and go to hard level only when you are confident in medium and low level questions

I did number of exams and reviewed wrong questions so frequently but without understanding my strong and weak gmat concepts
If possible practice section wise and understand if you are truly strong in the particular topic

sometimes,I was lazy to review my answers.so dont do that. review each and every question even it is correct as well

stick to only official sources

every one suggest different study plans but prepare your own plan. otherwise track everything in your excel. what you are studying daily and how many hours you are spending.. after one week you can prepare your own plan.

there are number of https://gmatclub.com/chat groups , join for doubts clarification or instant help

follow GMAT gurus, take their help

Practice more questions,you can achieve your score but practice both verbal and quant every day
I think you are using standard resources only
Few standard resources are Manhattan. veritas, Target prep, eGMAT

Thanks so much for your tips guys. I've taken everything you've said on board and revised my preparation plan. I did actually just write a much longer update to post, but just as I finished composing, refreshed my window by mistake and lost it!

I'm not going to re-write it now, but in short, I decided to scrap weekly CATs and Khan Academy and bought the Manhattan guides. I'll be working on quant exclusively over the next 2-weeks and will retest with a CAT once I have covered all of the material with accompanying practice questions.

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