<p>Did you study for the SSAT and if so how did you study? What did you find to be most efficient. I know it's about finding what works for me, I'm just curious about everyone else. Any good books to recomend?</p>
<p>practice, practice and practice.</p>
<p>SSAT is about the same format like SAT, it's worth to spend time on it.</p>
<p>Ok, then what did you spend your time practicing on? I'm new to all the standardized tests. :)</p>
<p>I spend the most time reviewing and learning vocabulary - definitely the most difficult part for me. I use The Princeton Review: Cracking the SSAT and ISEE, it's very helpful in my opinion (:</p>
<p>Vocab is where it's at. Personally it was the hardest section for me and I was not expecting it. Heads up (if they haven't changed anything) aloof means distant and cold. =) Also, I noticed that things on the math portion included stuff I had learned just earlier that week in my algebra class, so I was happy I took it later in the year.</p>
<p>Same here, I spent most time at vocabulary.
There is also a writing essay, but we won't get any score, they send the essay directly to the schools.<br>
I had both SSAT and ISEE official test books, and of course Princeton Review.</p>
<p>i bought the...
oh man i just forgot what it was called...
anyway,
i bought some big SSAT prep book and i worked through the entire thing,
and it seemed to be pretty helpful.
i agree that vocab is definately the hardest section</p>
<p>I studied from the Kaplan SSAT prep book. It's not gonna improve your answers really or help you on topics your weary about, it's just gonna get you used to the format and what to expect on the test. There were a whole bunch of words to study from the back of the book and I believe only ONE was on the test <em>sigh</em> (I studied them all)....</p>
<p>my best advice to you would just be to go over topics in math you may be uncomfortable with and master them. also focus on speed reading while still absorbing information. working at a good pace is helpful, because you want to get through as far as you can..</p>
<p>also, HELPFUL HELPFUL advice, if you find yourself unable to answer a question, or even taking a little longer on a question, or think you MIGHT know the answer..SKIP IT, CIRCLE IT, and GO BACK if you have extra time...try to answer as many of the ones that you definately know the answer to to rake up as many points as possible. REMEMBER omitting (skipping) a question takes less points off than getting the question wrong. I used this method and it really helped me and my score. as for vocab, use your best sense but also try to answer many.</p>
<p>I'd say studying up on some latin/greek root words would be helpful for vocab just so you have some indicator to which option you should choose.</p>
<p>Princeton Review, in my opinion, has by far the most accurate and complete SSAT books. Don't buy some of the other brands like ARCO because they're questions are often a completely difference style than what you would get on the actual test.</p>
<p>As for how to study...</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, the Princeton Review has 2 Upper Level practice tests. I would do one right off the bat and see how you do. Next, I would study the areas you were weaker in, improve on them, and do the final practice test.</p>