I'm taking the GRE on Saturday. Because of classes and helping my mom with a pretty debilitating back injury, I haven't had much time to sit down and devote focused study time to this monster of a test until this past weekend. I know that many of the folks on this board are educated individuals so I can only presume that some individuals here have taken the GRE at some point in their lives. They just revised it starting this past August but much of the content of the exam is the same - just some of the test formats have changed.
It's been five years since I've taken a standardized exam and I am so nervous. Disproportionately so, but nervous nonetheless. Anyone have any testing advice? Amusing anecdotes? Heartfelt words of encouragement? I did incredibly well in high school and on the SAT (650 verbal, 700 mathematics, 650 writing) but because of real-life circumstances my college performance isn't up to par with my own personal standards, so doing well on this test is very important to getting into any of the grad school programs I'm interested in.