Seeking advice before signing up for Veritas-Online Class

[Beetle]

Greetings
I am planning to take Veritas Online Class in starting from 22nd Feb with Ravi Sharma. (I've read some real good reviews about Ravi, that is why I am panning to go with him)
Just a little background on where I stand;
I have already started reading OG I have
1. The Official Guide 2016
2. OG Verbal Review 2016
3. OG Quant. review 2016
I do not think this is enough to score 680+ in Real test.
I am a non-native English speaker.
2 years ago I took GRE (2nd attempt) with practice I made a tremendous improvement in Quant section from 290 to 620 but I failed to improve me verbal score it was 370 both times.
As I am going through OG GMAT sometimes Quant makes sense; sometimes does not, but I am confident that with practice I will be fine.
I am worried about Verbal section.
What I want to know about Veritas is;
a) I suppose in online classes (6 weeks course), instructors guidance is available offline too. Is that correct?
Also in this session I will have last class on April 2nd.
I am planning to take GMAT by the end of April of mid of May.
b) Will I be able to get guidance from instructor after 2nd April.
c) Does this package offer AWA tuition. Will I get feedback on my essay?
d) Am I making a write choice by going with Veritas and Ravi? Any other suggestion?
I would appreciate club members response. Thank you

[MartyMurray]

I tend to wonder whether your plan itself makes sense, and I don't know the answer.

All the same, maybe you should ask Veritas or otherwise look into whether given the imbalance between your quant skills and your verbal skills taking that course it the best way for you to go.

From what you said it sounds as if you need to do a lot of work on verbal, and that course may not be optimal for helping you do that work.

That being said, apparently you have not taken a practice GMAT yet, unless you have and just have not mentioned it.

Maybe before you make any decision regarding what to do, you should do a little more preliminary GMAT preparation and then take a full length practice test to get a sense of how much you need to do in order to hit your score goal.

You could download the official GMAT Prep software from mba.com and take one of the tests included in the software. Once you have done that you will be in a better position to determine what is the best course of action for getting some help with your project.

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Hi Beetle,

You can pose your specific questions about your Course here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/ask-a-verita ... e-f56.html

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so you might end up needing more overall time than you've planned for. Since it sounds like you're just beginning your studies, then it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). If you want to do a little studying first, so that you can familiarize yourself with the basic content and question types, then that's okay - but you shouldn't wait too long to take that initial CAT. That score will give us a good sense of your natural strengths and weaknesses and will help provide a basis for comparison as you continue to study. A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here.

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