Congrats! What's your major?
I think Verbal is often maligned on SDN because there are a lot of ultra-left-brained folks that have been majoring in a science and haven't really had much of anything English/Literature related beyond the 101/102 writing course everyone takes freshman year. My degree is in theatre, and, while it's almost entirely useless, I do think it gives me a bit of an edge as far as interpretting text goes. I haven't done a lot of verbal practice but what I have done I have been doing well with. We'll see how I do during the actual test, though.