<p>My friend got her Dec. results back, and it she said that overall she did pretty well, but on vocabulary she got below average.</p>
<p>This got me concerned, because my friend does pretty well in school.</p>
<p>How can you do well on the vocabulary? I have no idea how I can prepare for this part of the test, because I really can't predict which words will be on there.</p>
<p>Thankyou for any advice/suggestions you have.</p>
<p>There are SSAT Study guides that give lists of words to help you practice. My d actually used a silly song SAT CD set on vocab which really helped her. She still says over a year later that she remembers words from the CD's. It is called the Not Too Scary SAT words! I think I found it at Barnes and Noble.
If you read a lot, though, you should be fine with the vocab without too much prep.Good luck!</p>
<p>I'm taking the Jan. 7 SSAT also. I don't think that Vocabulary is the hardest section of the test but thats my opinion. I study with my vocab book and the SSAT study guide.</p>
<p>Studying the words in the SSAT books, might be helpful. For me, I'm a Latin student, so that was practically all my vocab prep. But I think scamming through the dictionary to find words or studying and making flashcards with the words in the SSAT study guides might be really useful. </p>
<p>What schools are you applying to???</p>
<p>The best way to prep for verbal tests is studying the etomologies of words (their Latin and Greek roots). That way you learn what each word is made up of, and from that you can piece together what a word means even if you've never seen it before in your life. For example, we learned that "phile" means love in Latin (or something to that effect) and so the words bibliophile, hemophilia, pedophilia are all related in that sense. On a test, I didn't know what the word bibliophile meant, but I had studied the roots phile and bibli (as in bibliography) and from that I was able to piece together the meaning of the word:</p>
<p>"book"+"love"= love of books!</p>
<p>It's really quite simple.</p>
<p>I'm applying to local private high schools.</p>
<p>I have 2 weeks before the test. What can I do in that time?</p>
<p>:::bump:::</p>
<p>Which is harder: ISEE or SSAT??</p>
<p>I think it really depends on the person, both are similar tests.</p>
<p>Back to my question in post 6, does anyone have any ideas? Thank you tons.</p>
<p>Get some books from the library, they have a lot of useful vocab words.</p>
<p>C h i l l a x</p>
<p>SSAT? </p>
<p>Funny, vocab didn't bother me. I read a lot and always research words I don't understand - not just definition, but origin and stuff, because that helps it stick better for me. I also have like, google word of the day and stuff sent to me, so it helps build vocab.</p>
<p>What schools are you guys applying to?</p>
<p>So should I study roots or direct vocabulary words?
But if I study directly, how can that help me since I don't know which words will appear on the test?</p>
<p>was i this uber obsessed last year when i applied? My i hope not. and by the wayy you can get an idea of some of the words that are likely to appear on the test if you buy a study book, like Princeton Review, etc..although u should seriously chill...please. ITS CHRISTMAS!</p>
<p>Direct vocab words--- roots make you super confuzzled since some are really similar :)</p>
<p>How do I know which words to study?
Or which words should I study?</p>
<p>Check out some SSAT books in the library/bookstore, they are really helpful.</p>
<p>If I were you I'd just run through some practice tests of the SSAT as many times as you can, so you can get used to the timing, format, and style of the test, and also get a feel for what kind of questions and what kind of words they will be asking you about. After a while, you realize that only a limited number of fancy polysyllabic words are used anyway, and taking practice tests are a good way for you to familiarize yourself with them.</p>
<p>Oh, one more thing.</p>
<p>Merry Christmas, everyone!</p>