GRE is completely inapplicable to grad school, I'm pretty sure it's used with a cutoff to thin out the applicant pool.
I didn't study for mine one iota and did pretty well (got into Yale) -- I think if I'd spent some time preparing I could've had close to straight 800s, but I don't see that alone getting me into the schools I was rejected from.
Honestly I think "GRE scores" are about 19th on the list of things most university departments look for when they're seriously considering applicants. You'd be much better off putting that effort into preparing material for publishing.
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GRE is completely inapplicable to grad school, I'm pretty sure it's used with a cutoff to thin out the applicant pool.
I didn't study for mine one iota and did pretty well (got into Yale) -- I think if I'd spent some time preparing I could've had close to straight 800s, but I don't see that alone getting me into the schools I was rejected from.
Honestly I think "GRE scores" are about 19th on the list of things most university departments look for when they're seriously considering applicants. You'd be much better off putting that effort into preparing material for publishing.
To clarify, I am eying an elite CS school.
Would you mind explaining what do you mean by preparing material for publishing, please?