Hi Raja,
Echoing Money's comments, I admire your commitment and determination! A few tips that I think you'll find helpful given your schedule and the demands on your time:
1) Chip away at the test - it's a marathon and not a sprint, especially given that you're aiming for June. Begin by identifying concept areas on which you need to focus (your diagnostic exam results should help there), and work your way up.
2) Pursuant to that, let yourself be successful. Study in manageable doses, taking either one concept area (i.e. percents or exponents) or question type (i.e. Critical Reasoning) at a time so that you can feel comfortable with it before moving on to other things.
3) Learn from and embrace your mistakes. You'll undoubtedly make quite a few mistakes in practice, and that's a good thing! Every mistake you make is a reminder of something you'll need to keep in mind down the road and on test day. Keep a running log of the mistakes you tend to make commonly so that you can either work more on that concept and/or remind yourself to be attuned to that potential pitfall on test day.
4) When you get to within 6 weeks or so of your test date (given your current schedule), then it's probably a good idea to add practice tests and timed drills to your study regimen, and to put a larger emphasis on doing problems of multiple varieties in more of your study sessions. If you've built a healthy base up to that point, then you can start to test how you'll react under more exam-like conditions.
5) Enjoy the mental challenge of picking apart these problems! I'm sure that there are recurring parts of each day for you that don't stimulate your mind and that seem mundane (work tasks, changing diapers, etc.). Your GMAT studies can actually be a welcome reprieve from that as you stretch your mind and think analytically in different ways. Embrace the challenge, and you'll likely find that enthusiasm for the test will start to directly transition to success on it.
Best of luck - I look forward to reading about your progress these next few months!
Brian Galvin
GMAT Instructor
Chief Academic Officer
Veritas Prep
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