Hi beesy,

What resources have you been using so far?

As an aside, from what you've written, it sounds like your approach to improving your Verbal score is "quantity"-based and not necessarily "quality"-based. If you haven't learned proper verbal tactics, then you're likely going to continue to make the same mistakes that you've been making. You might consider putting your emphasis more on learning the proper tactics and and a bit less on "as many verbal questions" as you can practice.

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

Hi beesy,

One more set of questions: How many practice CATs have you taken? And how has your Verbal Scaled Score been on each?

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

Hi beesy,

Based on your table/data, there is a particular pattern that stands out...

In the days leading up to each of your Official GMATs, you took SEVERAL practice CATs on back-to-back days....then, on Test Day, your Verbal Scaled Score dropped significantly. This type of "pattern" happens more often than you might think.

Taking a CAT requires a significant amount of time and effort, so I normally advise that students take only 1 CAT/week. It also takes time to "recharge" and make the necessary adjustments to one's approach before taking another CAT. The bulk of a student's time should be spent studying, reviewing past material, practicing "other" approaches to questions, etc.

This data leads me to believe that you were "burned out" before each of your Official GMATs and your performance suffered because of it.

Your Verbal scores have fluctuated throughout your past CATs, which means you're either making some silly mistakes and/or you're too often "narrowing down the answers to 2 choices and then guessing." THAT approach is not a great way to tackle the Verbal section, so I'm going to recommend that you find a GMAT course that fits your personality and budget and learn some specific Verbal tactics from an expert.

If you're interested, you can use the Free 24-hour trial for the EMPOWERgmat course and view whichever Verbal Modules interest you. Since your Quant scores are decent, but not great, you might consider investing some time on the Quant section too.

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