Best SSAT book?

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<p>I'm trying to start studying early for the Upper Level SSAT and I want to buy a book to use on Amazon. I've heard that the Princeton review is the best, but it doesn't look very full and it's not very much focused on the Upper Level SSAT- mostly just the ISEE and the other levels in the SSAT. Are there any reputable books I could find on Amazon for the SSAT, specifically the Upper Level or even just the SSAT in general? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks! </p>

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<p>I used the Kaplan book which has practice tests very similar to the actual tests, question wise. In fact I think there were 1 or 2 questions that were in the book that I saw on the test. I would highly recommend the Kaplan book.</p>

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<p>Princeton Review. </p>

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<p>Don’t discount it just because it’s not solely focused on Upper. </p>

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<p>Princeton Review is great! Its not solely focused on Upper but its really good either way</p>

<p>Oh and Princeton Word Smart is awesome for the verbal. Lots and lots of useful words:)</p>

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<p>I’d recommend The Official Guide from SSAT site itself ssat.org </p>

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<p>I felt that the SSAT one was easier than the actual test itself. </p>

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<p>@mrnephew‌ Agreed.</p>

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<p>The Official Guide is not as good as Kaplan or Princeton Review, IMO</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what was the basis of your opinion, but we found it very useful. Especially, last year the types of questions asked in reading section was quite different from previous years. For example, we didn’t see poetry analysis in any other prep books but it was in the official guide and later showed up in a real test. It’s more expensive than others but has two practice tests for upper level and its scoring scale was very realistic. Here’s the link: <a href=“SSAT Practice Tests | Official Online Prep & Guide Books”>http://www.ssat.org/test-prep/official-guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What are your areas of weakness? In the end, I got Barron’s, Princeton Review, and Kaplan. They all helped me in different areas.</p>

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<p>I honestly don’t see why someone would need so many books. I used Kaplan and found some free Ivy Global things online from their website and did just fine.</p>

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<p>I just did Princeton, worked out pretty well for me.</p>

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<p>I’d stick with Kaplan, Princeton Review and Ivy Global. If you’re looking for decent amount of prep, Kaplan and Princeton Review would suffice. If you are looking for intensive prep, I think the Ivy stuff is by far the most comprehensive. </p>

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<p>I used all free stuff that I found online, and that worked out pretty well for me. On quizlet.com and vocabulary.com there are many “SSAT Vocab” things to use for studying for vocab. For me, that was the most difficult section. I also found this practice test when I was studying <a href=“Free SSAT Practice Tests — Ivy Global”>http://ssatprep.com/free-practice/&lt;/a&gt; put out by Ivy Global. It was very helpful.</p>

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<p>Oh wow you guys studied a lot I guess. I should have done that tbh, I had the Kaplan book and it was great, but I only worked through it for maybe an hour at most. Good to know all you guys cared haha.
But yeah Kaplan is good, as everyone has been saying! Good practice test, exercises, and tips! =D> </p>

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<p>For the vocab section I studied a lot but it was still my worst score… with math and reading, I basically winged it.</p>

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<p>BTW, @cookiescookies I love your profile pic! It’s inspirational (in that I want to go bake a cake right now :stuck_out_tongue: )</p>

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<p>I got a 99 in vocab using Quizlet’s SAT vocab list.</p>

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<p>I got an 89 using it… but I suck at vocab and started studying late compared to most poeple… I really recommend vocabulary.com though. With quizlet, you are memorizing definitions, where as with vocabulary.com, you learn the words. They also use many analogy exercises, so it helped me with that portion on the SSAT</p>