<p>I took this test last year and got a good score, but I'm worried about it. A lot. I think I have forgotten too much about test taking...haha...</p>
<p>What is a good book? I have the official guide (WHICH SUCKS), Kaplan (WHICH ALSO SUCKS), Princeton Reviews, and Barron's. But I have done most of the stuff on there and I need practice. (I left marks and stuff)</p>
<p>If you know a good SSAT book not listed above, please do recommend. Thanks!</p>
<p>P.S.: I'll be taking it on Nov. 11th</p>
<p>I'll be taking it on November 11, too.</p>
<p>The only book I have is Princeton Review and it's working fine. Your SSAT score is one of the least important factors of your application. Don't sweat it if you did well last year.</p>
<p>BTW - what was your score from last year?</p>
<p>I disagree that your SSAT score is one of the least important aspects of your application. Schools vary and the SSAT scores helps normalize that variability.</p>
<p>I'm using Schaum's Outline of Precalculus (indirectly), an old Algebra textbook, Barron's Math Workbook for the SAT I, Barrons SSAT\ISEE, and Barron's SAT. They work well. :)</p>
<p>my last scores were very good, actually. when i averaged it all out it was around 96. but i forgot so much! :D</p>
<p>i'm not very worried about math because i'm finished up to algebra2, but i do need more practice, for i haven't even touched math for a few months. :P was slacking off a bit because i'm not taking any math courses at the community college. (if you are confused, see my other thread about reapplying)</p>
<p>i want to improve my verbal section score. i'm weak with vocab, you see, though essays im okay with. how do you remember all those words, anyways? any good books? thanks.</p>
<p>Do flash cards and look at some of them every night. It helped me a lot.</p>
<p>I did flash-cards/ am still doing them, they're actually good. I mean what are the chances of anyone ever using a word like juxtapose, or some of the other ones? I have no clue how the heck people know these words' meaning....</p>
<p>Plus, is it a waste of money to buy official guide? I thought because it's official, it would be better...</p>
<p>I've heard that the official guide is not very good. And, in fact, people use words like "juxtapose" quite often in the real world. Maybe not in speech, so much, but definitely in writing.</p>
<p>i have the official guide and simply put, it's just a succinct version of the other books</p>
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<p>shut up, tommeister. I never heard that word in my life. Why r u so smart? One day, I'm going to get so annoyed that i'll kill every member of CC, so I can be the smartest kid in the world, lol. Honestly, juxtapose, is a weird word.</p>
<p>from what i know people use the word juxtapose a lot. ;)</p>
<p>and the official guide really sucks. it has a LOT of typos, and it never helps.</p>
<p>as for flash cards- they simply dont work with me. any other ideas?</p>
<p>Read the mathematical concepts behind M-Theory. :D</p>
<p>How does the difficulty of Barron's SSAT\ISEE compare with the test? Barrons has a somewhat infamous reputation for being " 'overpreparing' " in other subjects; does it hold true for this as well?</p>
<p>wait hopeful_exonian im pretty sure you cant just find the average of your ssat numbers...or can you? Because I mean from what I understood it is the percentile that you want, which depends on how other people your age/sex do.</p>
<p>Any responses to my question? If I am to order Princeton Review, I should do it soon. :D</p>