<p>What's my percentile now? I took the first test last night. Now that I have a feel for it/their style, and I am checking my answers more thoroughly, these are the results of my 2nd I took this morning:</p>
<p>Reading: 722 (up from 692)
Verbal: 725 (up from 698)
Quantitative: 755 (up from 725)</p>
<p>As per the Princeton book....it's only an idea. </p>
<p>R: 710 is 86% and 725 is 91% (so you're somewhere in between)
V: 725 is 74%
Q: 755 is 88%</p>
<p>2202 overall, somewhere in the high 70's (2175 is 76%, and 2220 is 84%)</p>
<p>Okay thanks so much... you're quick, lol!
So I definitely need to work on my verbal... any suggestions? Should I take a look at prefixes and suffixes? I think that memorizing 'any ol' word' won't get me far, so I'll have to think more conceptually.</p>
<p>I think that verbal may be the hardest part to prepare for because it is about so much more than knowing the meanings of words. You have to be able to build relationships for the analogies and recognize shades of meanings for the synomyns. </p>
<p>I'm sorry that I can't give you any tricks, but I do suggest you pick up a copy of the Princeton Review book (son said it was closest to the real tests) and it has the charts I'm getting your percentiles from. There are some nifty strategies for the verbal. I don't know if they work or not. My son's strongest point is language, so once he aced the verbal section of the practise test we didn't really worry about it. </p>
<p>Math....that's a different issue altogether. We got the results from the Oct 11th test and though he was able to maintain a perfect verbal and reading, his math was in the 50's!! Actually, he thinks he misbubbled when he skipped a question....wouldn't surprise me, as he is kind of ditzy sometimes. Still, I don't think any school wants to see a 50 point difference between math and verbal/reading. It makes him look like he's got some kind of hemispheric disorder! I had the book out this morning, trying to figure out a way to teach him how to study (seriously, he doesn't know how). That's why I was able to give you those percentiles so quickly.</p>
<p>So if anyone has any suggestions for preparing for the math section....I'm all ears. I was actually kind of pleased to see him ranked against other motivated kids. Yeah, his math is top ten nationally but who cares? He's average in math when it comes to his peers. Frankly, I was glad for him to have a little dose of reality, but I'm secretly hoping he misbubbled so he'll have scores next time that he can actually send in!</p>
<p>Luckily, we had a good laugh about it and he's willing to assume he did poorly and fell for traps instead of misbubbling.</p>
<p>Good for your son!! I sincerely hope it was just misbubbling (nonetheless an important skill).</p>
<p>I think I just may go get a Princeton book. Where would I pick one up? Is it ordered online? Is it available at a local Barnes & Noble?</p>
<p>My math can be raised <em>fairly</em> easily. Much of it is knowing what to look for, and getting to know their style - it's not just being sheerly 'capable' in the arithmetic department. In one question they changed units of measurement, so for example they asked "Suzy works for a carpet store, and her boss ordered her to buy 976 square yards of carpet. When totaled up, her complete cost came to $17,976. How much did Suzy pay per square foot?" In this one, it changed from yard to foot. Thankfully I didn't fall for it, but when you've just been working your bum off non-stop for an hour and a half, it's easily missed.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all the helpful advice!
P.S., Good luck to your son's acceptance, wherever he's applying!</p>
<p>You can get it at Barnes and Noble or any larger bookstore.</p>
<p>Average the scores. I promise you, there is volatility in your scores. IF you take 2 more tests and get high 70s then you can be assured it wasn't just a curve. The swing is 10% in each direction(at the most).</p>
<p>Just work hard and such. Don't think, "Wow, i raised it 10% in one hour... Two more hours and I am 99%!"</p>
<p>Yeah much better... good for you.</p>
<p>P.S. Italian is just a bitter kid w/ too much time on her hands, you're doing very well and have improved greatly.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I'm trying to be realistic and I think that mm knows that I mean well. I gave her a good amount of information and I hope that people realize I just try to be level headed.</p>
<p>Compliments are earned and I'm sure when mm posts about her 90% SSAT and acceptance to A/E that she will know that she deserved all of the compliments that she gets with her hard work.</p>