I am really distraught with myself and GMAT. Here is my story....
Retake - Q44,V25 --> 580
Took the exam in Nov last yr and got a 550 (Q39, V29). On the GMATprep, I scored 640,650 and 680 (retake) in the week prior to the exam. On MGMAT, I scored 630,640 in the week before the exam (Yep, I took 5 tests in 1 week).
Studied with MGMAT, OG 11, Kaplan, Kaplan800, 1000 SC, 1000 CR, 1000 RC, 1000 DS, 1000 PS, PowerPrep CR bible
Took time off, went at the monster again. Even enrolled in a prep class (veritas). Folks --> Please don't ever enroll in veritas..Its an absolute waste of time & $$$...
Took MGMAT 1 week before and scored a 680, took GMAT prep again and got a 650. Took 1 more MGMAT and scored a 650...
I was hoping to score somewhere between 650 and 680 since MGMAT is considered relatively difficult when compared to GMATPrep
The hit rates were 60% on CR and RC and about 65% on SC on the MGMAT and GMAT prep tests
Test day--AWA was straightforward.. Started off well in Q until I hit a geometry question and then started getting a bunch of DS questions based on number properties which took up a lot of time. I ran out of time for the last 2 questions and had to guess them. I felt I would get somewhere around 46 for Q..So 44 was not that bad
Now Verbal, I got an SC and a CR to start off with and I think I nailed them. Then I got an RC which was very abstract and I think I bombed it. Got 2 more SC's and 2 more CR's and then got 1 more RC which was even more difficult compared to the previous one, After that I got a bunch of SC's and CR's interspersed with an RC. I was able to complete all of the questions on time and expected somewhere around 36-38 as I felt much more comfortable than any of the MGMAT or GMATPrep Verbal sections..
And then bang, the score pops up on the screen...and I am like WTF!!!!
BTW, got a 1480 in my GRE (15 yrs back, Q-780, V-700). So, either I became dumb in the past 15 yrs

Someone suggested that the best way to improve verbal is to improve your reading speed since it affects all 3 components of Verbal..So, started reading 4-5 passages everyday from Economist on abstract topics...
Planning to give it 1 more time in the next 2-3 months depending on how I do in the practice tests. Want to make sure that I hit 40 in Verbal consistently before I even think of attempting it...
Tips/suggestions on how to increase my Verbal Component to 40
thanks!