Expert advice please!!!

[gurucharan.kodali]

I have taken GMAT twice. My first attempt was 3 months ago and I scored 580 (Q 45, V 25, 5.0). The most recent one was 15 days back and I scored 630 (Q 46, V 31, 5.0).
I have exhausted all kinds of material and now I'm wondering how I can improve my score. I finished all MGMAT CATs, OG 12 & 10 (twice) and other online material.
My problem all along has been inconsistency. One day I do CR very well and the other day it's my weakest. I have the potential to get 49 in Q but with my technique I waste lot of time and end up making silly mistakes.
In my 2nd attempt, I started from OG 10, reviewed my errors in depth and was slowly improving. But this time, I'm not sure where to start as I don't have any new material.
Hope someone can throws some light into this situation and help me get to 700.

[StaceyKoprince]

I know you're not yet where you want to be, but you've shown some very nice improvement on the verbal side already, so good job with that.

You don't need new material at this point, actually. You need to study the old material better. :)

Most of your learning comes from your in-depth analysis of your own work and the problems you're doing, not from trying the problems in the first place. You should easily be spending 3-5X as long reviewing a problem as you spend doing it in the first place - sometimes longer.

Start with this article, just to get an idea of the kinds of things you need to consider when reviewing a problem (ANY problem, even the ones you get right):

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... roblem.cfm

Then, take a look at the following five articles. They illustrate how to use the above technique on specific problems:

SC: http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/GMATprep-SC.cfm

CR: http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/CR-assumption.cfm

RC: http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... estion.cfm

PS:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... roblem.cfm

DS: http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/a ... roblem.cfm

You mention making careless mistakes on quant. The good news is: there's actually something you can do to minimize the chances of making careless errors! It takes work, though; this article can help you:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/error-log.cfm

Okay, next: if you'd like to get more advice about what to do with much more specific strengths and weaknesses, then use the following article to analyze your most recent MGMAT CAT:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/e ... -part1.cfm

Then come back here and let us know the results of your analysis. We'll help you figure out what to do from there. (Note: don't just give us the data - actually try to analyze it for yourself, because you need to learn how to do this. We'll tell you if we think your analysis is off in any way. :)