just a brief background of my situation. i am a mba grad student from a OK school right now. and will graduate in May. i have no hopes of finding a job but if i get one i'll probably do it for a year or two.. my only concern now is getting into a doctrate program. i need a GMAT score of atleast 700 to get into a good program. but for me to get that kinda score i need to prepare for it for atleast 6 months. right now i work in the school and am a full time student so i really dont; have much time to prepare for my gmat. 

Since i graduate in May and my OPT will start from then, i just have 3 months to apply for august 2011 session and prepare for my gmat. (which is just not enough time) 

So I need suggestions for "how to stay in status" without spending a lot of money till lets say Aug 2010- August 2011.

Your suggestions will be appreciated.