I have yeah, I will make a detailed post about my verbal experience so far. VR is the most inconsistent section for practice. There is SO MUCH variability in terms of practice material in EK 101, TPRH, Kaplan VR section tests, etc. that I can't even begin to fully express my outrage at some of the passages and answer explanations provided by these third-party prep companies.
Additionally, don't focus on your individual passage scores atm. Worry about whether you understood the main idea of the passage or not. I will tell you from experience (having taken the MCAT two times last year) that the passages on the exam are relatively straight-forward (with the possible exception of psychology, cognitive psych passages) but the questions are more implicit. The questions really test your understanding of the passage through identification of assumptions, passage logic, making inferences, evaluating author's claims/ideas, and then also applying and incorporating passage info to new info that's not in the immediate scope of the passage claims.
VERY VERY FEW passages in the TPRH, EK 101, and Kaplan reflect the above assessments for VR. This is why this time I did NOT start verbal practice from third-party companies, I instead started from the Official AAMC guide. There are some tips and invaluable suggestions throughout the practice passages they provide (6 total). Then I did AAMC 3 and worked to follow reasoning and logic I learned from questions in Official AAMC guide and applied it to the best of my ability to questions in AAMC 3 and got a 12. Even though I had taken practice AAMC 3 last year (sometime in April 2013), I was now beginning to recognize what kinds of questions, nuances, etc AAMC tests you on.
So moral of the story is to not get discouraged by VR scores. I continue to do 7 passages every day since the beginning of my MCAT prep, alternating between EK 101 exams, TPRH verbal workbook, Kaplan VR section tests. I am sometimes ENRAGED at some of the explanations given in TPR / EK 101 because most of them are so egregiously logically inconsistent with reasoning advocated by AAMC (yes I can give you numerous examples). But I just continue to utilize them for practice.
Hope this helps, and good luck with your studies!
