When To Take GRE Exam?

GRE Exam should be usually written atleast 1 year before you plan to apply to colleges in U.S. We are preparing to apply for Fall 2010 semester. We plan to take GRE in August 2009. That will give us 1 enough time to apply to schools in U.S.

After taking GRE, we would need atleast 2 months to select universities and another 1 month to apply to colleges. Since best schools in U.S. have deadlines in month of Nov/Dec, we plan to send the applications before Christmas vacations.

But, there are universities that take application as late as March, April 2010 for Fall 2010 semester. But most of the good schools will have deadlines by end of 2009.

I have looked at few schools and most of the schools I plan to apply have deadline in Dec. Also, its based on my GRE Score, if I will be able to apply to those schools. So, lets hope I get the to score above 1300 in GRE Exam.