My journey from a V35 to a V41

I am a full time working professional. I took the e-GMAT course after my first GMAT attempt in which I scored a 720 (Q51, V35). Though it is a fairly decent score, I felt that I could do better if I worked a little bit more upon my verbal section.
Having exhausted all the resources out there, I wasn't sure how to exactly go about it. I had seen some e-GMAT ads earlier and somehow they always resonated with me, probably because they were focussing on mastering the concepts instead of teaching so called "shortcuts". So I just sent out an email to their support team asking for some suggestions to improve upon my verbal area. They precisely replied with a strategy to identify my weak areas and work upon them. I was really impressed and signed up for the 2 month course!
I already knew that SC and RC were my weak areas. I still took a Sigma-X mock which solidified this understanding. I had a lot of conceptual gaps in SC, which I started understanding after I went through the SC concept files. Earlier, I used to go with my gut feeling when down to two options which led to a lot of mistakes but after going through the concepts, I was able to bridge those gaps in my understanding and answer with much more confidence. After completing the SC concept files, I did some cementing quizzes and I could see the improvement in my accuracy.
Now coming to RC, my weakness was the amount of time I took to completely understand the passage. I could read the passage pretty quickly but to understand it properly took 2-3 iterations. This increased the amount of time it took to attempt RC section. Because of this, I had less time for CR (which was my strength) and other questions towards the end of exam. I had to almost always guess last 4-5 questions because of this lack of time. When I went through the RC concept files, I was able to learn the key reading strategies. The most important one that worked for me was pre-thinking what would come next in the passage. This helped me read actively and stay immersed in the passage. I could see the results in the cementing quizzes I did after completing the concept files.
After completing these two sections, I practiced Verbal custom quizzes on Scholaranium 2.0. I simulated the exact testing environment and attempted same number of questions as the GMAT verbal section in every quiz.
For each question, there is a thorough explanation on the forum. Apart from that there is a Q&A section which allows asking any doubts to SMEs. I personally did not feel the need to ask any doubts because the existing threads (discussions other people had with the experts earlier) were enough to solve them.
Also, the review list that is provided after doing the quizzes helped me a ton! Earlier, I used to review just the incorrect questions. But the AI driven review list provides the set of all questions that need to be reviewed - the incorrect ones, the ones in which you spent a lot of time and the ones in which you spent very little time (got them correct due to luck factor). I really loved this feature because I was able to bridge the conceptual gaps I had even in the questions I got correct.
After I had enough confidence on my improvement, i started taking Sigma-X mocks and was really happy to see the improvement. My mock scores were: 770, 740, 740, 750 with a consistent 40+ verbal score. A great kudos to the e-GMAT team for designing mocks which are a very close simulation of the actual exam in terms of the level of questions, scoring and pretty much every thing! The mocks also have section level analysis which I found very helpful. After taking the mock, apart from the overall score, a section level score is also provided (like separate scores for SC, CR and RC in verbal). It helped me to see the scope of improvement and work upon my weaker areas.
Summing up, I would highly recommend taking up the e-GMAT course to minimise your prep time and achieve your target score! I really wish I had taken it earlier at the time of my first attempt.