You may pay an additional amount to have scores sent to more schools. Waivers for testing fees are available to students receiving need based financial aid. Preparation Preparation can improve test scores. You can order practice tests from ETS when you register for the GRE . . At major book stores, you can purchase test preparation books.
Software is also available.
Test preparation courses are offered by The Princeton Review, Kaplan Review Courses and others. The advantages of taking review courses are that they provide test taking strategies, the opportunity to budget time while working under pressure and scheduled, structured time to prepare. If your undergraduate study has not stressed the quantitative, then these courses provide you with an excellent review. These courses can be costly and the whole process of applying to graduate school can get quite expensive. Make the time to review and do the practice tests.