Study for the GMAT in 30 days

Hi Buck92,

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores. Since you've been studying inconsistently for the last month and plan to take the GMAT after just 1 additional month of study, raising a 580 to a 700+ in that time is probably too difficult to be considered realistic. 'Cramming' generally does not lead to great improvements on Exams such as the GMAT - and while there's no harm in taking the GMAT in 1 month, you can avoid the frustration and added expense if you make some adjustments to your timeline and study in a more consistent and organized fashion.

Today, GMAC announced that some changes are going to be made to the format of the Exam - there's a discussion thread about that here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-is-chan ... 62569.html

Since some of the specifics are not yet known, it's going to take a bit of time for all of the available practice resources (including the available practice CATs) to reflect these changes to the Exam. Thus, while the question types, content tested and Tactics will all be the same, under your current timeline you'll have even less time to train for the version of the GMAT that will be administered in May. Given your Score Goal, you will likely need at least another 2-3 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. As such, some adjustments to your Study Plan and timeline will likely be required.

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) What study materials have you used so far?
2) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich