From 680 to 660 and the jump to 730

This is my brief on my journey for people of this awesome forum.
The Start :

I started off in Jan of 2016 . I bought the OG and just ran through it (Bad Idea). I had no trouble with the Quant section since Quant was a strong suit. Also questions from various contributors on this forum helped in getting a bigger question bank to work on . Verbal was in for a lack of a better word in average state, still the OG was pretty good . After I completed the OG i bought the mock prep exam from GMAT prep from Mba.com along with 2 free mocks (when registering for the exam).
I finished off the mocks getting scores ranging from 680-710. I was still getting used to the GMAT exam setup and one of the mistakes i did was not to study in fine detail the various naunces of the exam. For example : Although the GmatPrep exam is very very close to the real exam in terms of scoring and questions , i did not pay heed to my own mock scores. Taking those scores lightly and aiming in for 700+ score i gave my exam in April 2016. Scored a 680 (Q47 V37) . Not a good score for a Indian applicant from the biggest application pool as I learnt days later.
From the ESR report , most of it looked normal. I had done a lot of mistakes in Quant and the strategy for both Verbal and Quant was flawed.

Take 2 :

I took a break from GMAT owing to work and other distractions and restarted in Jan 2017 again with the sole purpose of working on the verbal part extensively. I took up egmat (as recommended on this forum). Egmat gave me what i needed a strategy to attempt verbal questions (My firm belief of a v37 in my previous attempt was that it was a fluke since I had no quantified justifications for answers, I was merely going through them with the help of whether the answer sentence sounded good or not -- A mistake that GMAT does use against you). I took up Egmat's verbal course which also gave me access to gmatclub tests and 8 mocks from 800score.com. By March 2016 I had finished the videos related to concepts and started off with the verbal bank Egmat provides.
After finishing the bank , I bought another set of mocks from mba.com . With the 4 mocks (2+2) and gmatclub sectional exams , I decided to take it slow and finish up exams taking into account performance. The mocks scores ranged from 720-760 owing to a upgraded verbal level .
The day of the exam ( May 2017 ) : All I can remember from that day is I did find the sentence correction question a bit tough , I couldnt wrap my head around the questions as such. Scored a 660 on that day. . Boy o Boy that was a bad day. Treated myself to a extra large pizza for dinner . Haha
Anyway I saw the ESR after a week of attempting the exam , and thank god i did : It turns out maybe by luck or a set of rough question draw from the arbitary question pool , i had scored a 31 in Verbal only because my sentence correction percentile was = 5% (crazy ). I was good on all other fronts , Quants,RC and CR (85-90% each).

With this I started off with my third attempt (June 2017) , knowing i probably had missed out by pure luck or lack of concentration . I went through my egmat notes. I also attended a Verbal course webinar hosted by egmat. Got a lot of pointers on what my position is and some of the ways to tackle different questions as such. After roughly about 25 days , 200 questions and 2 good mocks later I gave my gmat again ---> Voila a 730 (Q50V39).

Break down of the resources:

Quant :
1. OG (must)
2. Math books hosted by GMAT club (Under GMAT section above) -- for theory and formulas
3. Mocks by Gmat club - GMATCLUB Tests --> A must buy.

Verbal :
1. OG
2. Verbal course by egmat
3. Sectional Mocks by GMATCLUB tests

Mock Test :

1. Official GMATPrep Exam pack 1 and 2

Test Day :

Keep a light head for the day. I revised a couple of major verbal concepts that i was weak on. As per my daily routine for exams I didnt eat much before exam (Not personally recommended) . Survived on Gatorade and Water thoughout the exam .

Other Notes :

1. Keep a error log --> It is a must and very important specially for the 2 days before the exam.
2. Dont worry about questions during the exam, concentrate on the next batch of questions.
3. Keep your chin up even if you scored a low score , get the ESR report see what you did wrong and work on that.