GRE
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Preparing for the GRE
The GRE general test is required of most engineering students applying to graduate school. Check with the specific graduate school you are applying to in order to verify that you don't have to take any of the subject tests. While you're at the school's site, be sure to check the due date for the application and GRE scores so that you can plan to take the GRE in time to get scores sent.The overall format of the GRE will be changing sometime in 2007, so all of this information may be obsolete in a short amount of time.
Registering
To register for the GRE, go to the ETS website. It costs $130 to take it, so be sure that you're prepared to take it! You want to take it at least 4-6 weeks before your scores are due to your school. Because usual school deadlines are sometime between December and February, November is a popular month to take the GRE. If you're planning on taking it in November, be sure to register ahead of time.
Studying
It's up to you how much studying you want to do. At this point, the GRE is sort of like the SAT you took in high school but on steroids. The vocabulary is much harder, there is a writing section, and the math is a little more involved. The new GRE format may be somewhat different. There are many study guides available for free or for various prices online and in print. Googleing GRE will give you many of them. The approach that worked for me was to purchase and work through a used GRE study book (Published by Barronn's) over the course of a month and a half, then do the free full-length GRE practice tests that are provided on the ETS website.
Ldeibler 20:32, October 3, 2006 (Pacific Daylight Time)