NEED HELP with VERBAL increase from 27 to 38-40

[mikalaisin]

Dear Manhattan Prep community,

i need your help. The problem is that today i had my official GMAT and i merely scored 27 on Verbal. Please help me to increase my score to 38-40 or guide me in the right direction.

What i did and my strategy:
1. SC - average number of correct responses among all level is 75% (easy - 91%, Med- 74%, Hard - 64%) - i did all problems in your course. Average score using other resources is around 80%. Approach was: Read, understand the meaning, look for mistakes in original sentences, scan the rest of the choices keeping in mind the mistakes from original and eliminate wrong choices.
2. CR - average score 72% ( Easy - 86%, Med- 76, Hard -50%) , average score using other resources around 75%-80%. Approach: Read Question, Read Passage, Read question again and pre-think answer, eliminate wrong answers.
3. RC - 58% (Easy - 52%, Med- 64% , Hard - 55%), average scores using other resources near 70%. Approach: When i see passage first time, i read question first, then use active reading mentally summarizing after each para, after that answer Main point - based on my summary - and Specific - find the answer in the text.

Please help me and guide me, how to reach my target score of 38-40.

Also, i took following cats and those are results and dates:
8/02 - 640 Q48/V30 - GMAT PREP 1
8/25 - 660 Q48/V33 - 800 Score
9/01 - 700 Q47/v38 - 800 Score
9/08 - 720 Q47/v42 - 800 Score
9/14 - 650 Q49/V29 - GMAT Prep 2
9/21 - 640 Q49/V27 - Official
All the CATs i took under real gmat conditions including AWA and IR. Last 2 cats i took at the same time scheduled for official GMAT. GMAT prep 2 low Verbal score i account to the fact that i didn't sleep well. That being said i don't know what to do and how to move forward towards my target score.

Resources used:
E-gmat Live Verbal prep + Scholarium
GmatClub tests
GmaClub questions by directories
OG 13
Official GMATPREP collection of SC, CR and RC.
Manhattan SC, CR, RC

PLEASE, help me!!!

[StaceyKoprince]

I'm going to ask you to take another CAT. I don't normally start that way (with someone who has already taken lots of CATs), but the GMATPrep tests don't give you much data to analyze. And, of the non-GMATPrep tests, ours gives a very accurate / predictive result. (And it's not just me immodestly saying so! The former Chief Psychometrician of GMAC has evaluated our tests and endorsed them - he said they are very accurate.)

Before you do that, read these articles:
Exec Mindset:
http://tinyurl.com/executivereasoning
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog ... -the-gmat/

2nd Level of Study:
http://tinyurl.com/2ndlevelofgmat

Have you been following those principles when studying and taking the test? If not, how have you deviated? What do you need to do to get better at this kind of thinking / study in future?

Next, i you have our books, then you have access to our CATs, so take one (with essay and IR, 100% official conditions). Go ahead and take one, then use this to analyze your results (this should take you a minimum of 1 hour):
http://tinyurl.com/analyzeyourcats

Based on all of that, figure out your strengths and weaknesses as well as any ideas you have for what you think you should do / change. Then come back here and tell us; we'll tell you whether we agree and advise you further. (Note: do share an analysis with us, not just the raw data. Your analysis should include a discussion of your buckets - you'll understand what that means when you read the last article. Part of getting better is developing your ability to analyze your results - figure out what they mean and what you think you should do about them!)