<p>I read somewhere that there's a chart in one of SSAT prep books that tells you how mnay questions to answer on each section to get ___ score. So answer ___ questions to get the 95th percentile. I have the newest Princeton Review book but it's not in there. Can anyone tell me how many questions to answer to score in the 90 percentile or higher on each section?</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be better to plan on answering all the questions in each section?</p>
<p>You know for a fact that you will answer correctly all the questions that you do answer?</p>
<p>There is a raw score/percentile chart on a previous thread. Let me try to find it and I’ll post it.</p>
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<p>Couldn’t find the thread but this is an attachment of the general chart from that previous thread (i saved it for my own reference). I remember the poster saying this chart had about a .5-1.0 point margin of error for each area. Personally, for my S I coached him to answer as many as he could correctly BUT if he had to skip, for reading skip no more than 5, verbal no more than 15, etc.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t paste correctly so just replace “dot” with . and type it in your web browser.</p>
<p>Be careful w the score percentile scales in the SSAT study guides. The SSATB does not publish a scale, and what third party study guide books say may not reflect the fact that the SSAT was revamped in 2012-13. The percentiles were re-normed too, so a percentile score today is not the same as it was pre-2012.</p>
<p>I would focus less on how many questions you have to answer, and focus more on answering ALL OF THEM correctly.</p>
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<p>“The poster” was me, and the thread is [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/1570268-get-over-90-ssat.html]here.[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/1570268-get-over-90-ssat.html]here.[/url</a>]</p>
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<p>The chart was based on the 2012-13 official guidebook, and as 7182713591 mentioned, it was just as good this year, at least for the October test. Having that said, I just checked the 2013-14 guidebook and there appeared yet another update this year. Verbal and math percentiles have gotten slightly lower for the same raw scores (meaning that the tests have become easier) and reading percentiles have risen (meaning more difficult). I might update the chart if there are more demands.:)</p>
<p>I think the link in the last comment is not correct?</p>
<p>Thank you SharingGift!</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>If you want 90+ in each section then you need to only lose a few points in reading and math. The only difference between losing a point by omitting and losing a point by getting it wrong is that the wrong answers hurt your score a bit more. For the verbal, you have a bit more wiggle room. I think you can lose about ten points and still end up in the 90s. But there is no published raw to scaled score chart. The one in the PR book is a guess.</p>
<p>But it shouldn’t matter to the OP anyway. To score within the top decile of test takers, you need to plan on being able to answer nearly all of them correctly.</p>
<p>To get 90 percentile, earn:</p>
<p>V-43/60
Q-44/50
R-33/40</p>
<p>These numbers were approximated from the 2013 official guidebook.</p>
<p>thank you very much everyone!!</p>