Overview:

• Official guide & official test practice book
• Format:
  The test consists of one section which is 2 hours and 50 minutes long.
• When is the test offered?
  In April, October and November each year.  (Update:  Now April, September, and October as per here!)
  Note: The test registration deadline for the October test is usually prior to the release of the September test results.  So, it may be a good idea to register for both if one is in urgent need of a good score.
• Nearest Location:
  Berkeley High.
• Graduate programs that require GRE Math Subject Test score:
  Math & Applied Math.
• Graduate programs for which a good Math Subject score would be helpful:
  Financial Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, etc..

Test preparation strategies:

• START EARLY so that you will have enough time to review all the materials, and will be able to take the subject test again (which many people do) if necessary.
• Start with a diagnostic exam: identify the topics that you are unfamiliar with, and master them.
• Review ALL the concepts mentioned in the official guide, and relevant problem-solving techniques.
• Practice a lot, practice often.
• Mock exams: do the full length past exams under TIMED conditions, at a place where you are unlikely to be disturbed. (Speed matters!)
• When practicing, mark the questions that you can’t solve even if you manage to guess the correct answer.

Test prep books:

• Princeton Review: fairly exhaustive, but contains typos and errors.
• Research & Education Association (REA): covers more topics than the actual test does, contains 6 practice exams, and is great for those who have a good score already but want an even better one.

Where to find past exams:

• Google keywords like “old gre practice”, and the following forms shall be available online: Form 0568, 1268, 8767, 9367, and 9768.
  Note: If a URL is no longer valid, use the Wayback Machine to retrieve it.
• Some are available at: http://www.wmich.edu/mathclub/gre.html (This webpage has some other information on test preparation as well.)
• ETS has one past exam available on its website.

What if I don’t know about a certain topic yet?

• Take a relevant course.
• Learn the basics by reading a textbook and doing the exercises. (Here is a book-list for reference; you may search the topic in the second column.)

Other resources:

We [Lilian and Rose] are more than willing to share our Subject Test experience, and help you with your test preparation, so please come by our advising hours! Besides, I [Rose] have written up some test preparation notes for my own sake, and will gladly share them on an individual basis.