<p>I am applying to schools and i know i need a great SSAT score to ensure acceptance. I have gotten in the low 80s for the past three years. My other post explains which schools i am applying to. This year i am studying from princeton review (its so boring). Any SSAT tips? hints?</p>
<p>Well, it the verbal score is the problem, then you should read a lot of newspapers and books. Whenever you see a word you don't know, look it up. This has helped me, as one time I found a word on the SSAT that I had only learned a week before. Keep a list of all your new vocab words.</p>
<p>Many of the math questions can be mastered if you learn how to do others of their type; i.e. measurements, angles, symbols, and drawing ones (where you have to draw a shape without taking your pencil off the paper). There are tricks like that.</p>
<p>Second of all, if you really don't like the prospect of working hard, you should look at the schools and their different academic standards to see which one you will be comfortable with.</p>
<p>I'm sure that many people will jump on me for saying this :), but what really helped me with the vocabulary section was I went through the glossary of the Princeton Review and Kaplan book, as well as the words that I'd gotten wrong on previous practice tests, and made index cards--the day before. I memorized them that day, and it helped. I think there were three on the test that were in my cards. This will only work well, however, if you know you can memorize a lot of words in a short period of time. I took a gamble, and it worked for me, but it doesn't for everyone.</p>
<p>Look at the 2006 Princeton Review SSAT Prep book. There are a few words in there that were on the SSAT.</p>
<p>Just studying one prep book won't help. I used 5 prep books from different brands in 3 months and I got a 99 percentile (2310). However, except for the math and analogy, the vocab and reading comp cannot improve with just test prep. Consistently reading difficult materials and using vocab aids (like Word Smart) will be the best help.
Hope I helped!</p>
<p>Just studying one prep book won't help. I used 5 prep books from different brands in 3 months and I got a 99 percentile (2310). However, except for the math and analogy, the vocab and reading comp cannot improve with just test prep. Consistently reading difficult materials and using vocab aids (like Word Smart) will be the best help.
Hope I helped!</p>
<p>Great site for vocab words:</p>
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<p>leesh1995, that much prep is just excessive. I used one prep book, the official SSAT prep book from the SSAT, reviewed only occasionally, and scored in the 99th percentile as well (2334).</p>
<p>And, uh, the guy who originally posted this is probably in college by now, so I'd wager that you haven't helped all that much...</p>
<p>Could the admins start locking necro-threads? Or are they even capable of locking threads to begin with?</p>
<p>sorry to intrude, but i'm so excited!! I took the SSAT for the first time in Jan. and i got a 57 percentile. I was crying for days straight. But i retook it 2 weeks later and got 84 percentile!!!</p>
<p>Anyways, what helped me for verbal was to look up and memorize latin roots. Also i did the practice tests to learn the technique required to take the test.</p>
<p>For math, i recommend using the Kaplan 2009. It helped me the most. Study the basics, and especially the percent formulas. There are like 3 percent questions on the test where you just need to know the formulas.</p>
<p>For reading, the best thing to do is take practice tests, and in the actual test actually read the questions before the passage so you know what to underline while you read. Always keep in mind that you are getting scored on the questions, not the passage so don't spend too much time reading it.</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>No, Middlesex, it doesn't help, this thread was started in 2006...</p>
<p>Nice job on the improvement though!</p>