The best way to prepare? The best piece of advice I can give is start studying now. There are many books that you can get on how to study for the GRE. They will have lots of practice tests, hints, etc. The biggest problem I had on the GRE was the vocabulary section. Apparently my vocabulary is not very good since I thought you had to be a English major to do well on that section. Some of the study guides will have lists of common vocabulary words to know. I would suggest you take a little time to brush up on those. Other things I would work on is reading comprehension and problem solving. There was a section were you have to read a paragraph or two and answer a series of questions about it. Also there was section on word problems. The study guide I used gave tips on how to solve many of these types of questions. Also you may want to brush up on some of your math. I think there was som algebra, geometry and trig on there but I can’t remember.

Good luck.

How you prepare depends on how you usually do on standardized tests. If you generally do well, you should do fine if you do the practice tests on the cd that they send you after you register for the GRE. If you don’t generally do well, you may want to get a book or even take a class (depending on how much trouble you have had with standardized tests in the past). If you don’t register far enough ahead of the test to get their cd, I’d buy a book and spend some time with that.

Remember that most schools don’t consider the GRE to be the most important of the admissions criteria, so I really wouldn’t put up all the money for the classes unless you are seriously challenged at this type of test. (or if you’d been out of school for a while and have trouble with these tests – which is not your situation) Your statement of purpose and GPA will weigh heavily and it will help a lot if you have some experience in your field, even if its as a volunteer. Good Luck!