MCAT Retake + Instruction Thoughts?

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I took the MCAT past April ('11) and got 7/10/12 R (VR/PS/BS). The verbal was especially disappointing, but I decided to give it some time and retake it this year or possibly January '13 and then apply to schools in '13.

Last time I self-studied and it was really hard to juggle MCATs with finals (I was a junior in college at the time). I realized that maybe I needed some guidance and possibly study in a group, discussing questions/ideas/concepts, etc. So, I've signed up for a Kaplan course which starts this summer.

I'm just curious, have people found any of these instructions courses especially helpful in bringing points up? I'd love to get higher scores in PS & BS, but need to try and bring up the Verbal as much as possible. Any thoughts will be appreciated.