How common is a 2400 SSAT?

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<p>Does anyone know where you can find a plot or chart of SSAT scores? I saw someone comment that getting a 99% would constitute a "hook" of sorts, but I doubt that 2400s on the SSAT are as common as 99% or as rare as they are on the SAT.</p>

<p>Any evidence, anecdotal or comprehensive, would be appreciated. Does anyone know someone who got a 2400?</p>

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<p>And even rarer would be someone who got all questions right.</p>

<p>I don’t know anybody who got a 2,400.</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of anyone getting a perfect 2400- I got a 99 percentile with only a 2319, so I imagine they’re probably pretty rare…</p>

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<p>A lot of people seem to get 99%. I’m not sure if a lot get 2400 though. I’m aiming 2150+ I’ll find out in a couple of weeks.</p>

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<p>SSAT is a multi-grade level test coveing grades 8-10. Since majority of test takers are from 8th and 9th grades, it is rare to see 2400.</p>

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<p>I just learn that a perfect SSAT score is not 2400, it is 2375. My friend’s son got 100% correct on everything and he got 2375.</p>

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<p>That doesn’t make any sense…</p>

<p>TRUST ME, in any given section, if you miss none, you’ll get an 800. So I don’t see how a perfect score could get a 2375…</p>

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<p>yea he probably just got one question or two questions wrong and somehow missed them when looking at his results</p>

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<p>None wrong, several blank?</p>

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<p>I suspect D’yer Maker is on the right track. My S scored 2376 a few years back and had at least 2 or 3 wrong on each section. But did not leave any questions blank.</p>

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<p>If you want to know, contact the SSAT organization. Ask them about the distribution for the specific grade and sex. When we were looking I emailed them once with a question, and they were responsive.</p>

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<p>I think 2400s do exist but are probably not common. Reading and Math curve down pretty drastically. My child a few years ago ended up with a total score of 2334 by getting the following subscores: Verbal 800 (6 wrong, 0 omitted); Math 800 (0 wrong, 0 omitted); Reading: 734 (2 wrong, 0 omitted). </p>

<p>7D, did your daughter get 2400? If so, that should raise some eyebrows - in a good way.</p>

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<p>some people seem to consider a 99 percentile a “perfect score” i got a few notes from schools congratulating me on my “perfect score” even though I only got a 2319… My guess would be that 2400 is very rare for 8th graders but much more common for 10th-11th graders.</p>

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not true. in reading, my 8th grade kid got zero wrong and zero omitted, but scored only a 794.</p>

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<p>thats not true. You definitely misread it then</p>

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<p>@Periwinkle: Thanks for that. I don’t know why I didn’t search first before posting this…always good CC etiquette.</p>

<p>I’ve heard from two sources now that you can get zero wrong and omit zero and still NOT get an 800 on the reading. I think it has to do with the “multi-grade” format of the test. Perhaps you need to be a 7th grader and get zero wrong and omit zero to get an 800.</p>

<p>The Verbal and Math I think are much more forgiving. It seems like you can get a few wrong on those and still get an 800.</p>

<p>@DA: No, she did not.</p>

<p>Thanks to everyone for chiming in on this.</p>

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<p>I got an 800 in math, with 1 wrong.</p>

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<p>@2010: Congrats!</p>

<p>I think the 800 in Reading is the one that is elusive. Would be interested to hear if anyone has gotten that or knows someone that did.</p>

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<p>@2010 did you get your scores today ?</p>