<p>I take the SSAT on November 13th,
When I take an SSAT practice test, I find that I don't do that well on the vocab..
How would you recommend learning vocab words quickly?
Latin roots?
Any books, or apps, or something to help with learning latin roots?</p>
<p>Also,
would scoring 97 percentile+ ensure that I would get into Andover?
Thanks :)</p>
<p>freerice.org and quizlet.com are both pretty helpful
Also,
“would scoring 97 percentile+ ensure that I would get into Andover?” Sorry, but that would be a no. There are plenty of students who get incredible scores and are turned away…I don’t think that anything really ensures your admission 100%</p>
<p>Personally, I feel that for SSAT vocab, you don’t need to understand the words, just memorize as many as you can. Trust me, a 97%+ doesn’t ensure anything, it probably helped me when i applied, but don’t expect much out of it.</p>
<p>@Sundlun, no worries, I’m in the EXACT situation as you. I’m taking the SSAT on the same day, and I’ve noticed that my weakest section is vocab. Like Polodolly said, I’ve just been mainly using freerice.com YAY for cramming!</p>
<p>I did a practice test on vocab today, and got more than half wrong 
luckily I got 47/50 correct on the math section…</p>
<p>@Sundlun, I was looking through some other threads about SSAT vocab a couple hours ago and I found this FANTASTIC link</p>
<p>[Root</a> Words, Prefixes, Suffixes](<a href=“http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm]Root”>http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm)</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’ll work for you, but I’ve already started making flashcards and am very happy about this find.</p>
<p>looks nice,
I’ll start making flashcards soon.</p>
<p>The schools take your highest score from each section. Keep retaking the test until you’re happy with the scores.</p>
<p>alextwoofour-
Then, is it normal for applicants to send all his or her SSAT results in Nov./Dec./Jan. to applying schools? Aren’t there any disadvantages to take the exam twice or three times in the admission process?</p>
<p>@alextwoofour and Platini
Wouldn’t I have to pay about 120$ each time I take the test…?</p>
<p>Platini - Schools won’t count it against you that you took the SSAT multiple times, and they’ll generally sort through the results to pick your highest scores from each (e.g., math score from October, verbal from December, and so forth). If you’re concerned, hold off on reporting your scores 'til you get a result you like.</p>
<p>Sundlun - Fee waivers are available for the SSAT if needed. Just ask the school you’re applying to.</p>
<p>Okay sounds good ;)</p>
<p>There are sat vocal flash cards and flash card type books. They are equally useful for the ssat. Keep them nearby your bed or desk and get into a daily habit of going through a certain number of words. Then repeat. And repeat. And repeat. Eventually, you will begin to use these words or at least recognize them or words with similar origins when reading or taking the ssat. The key is not knowing every word but being able to deduce the meaning of a word by studying its structure.</p>
<p>We haven’t heard any negatives to taking the SSAT multiple times and sending in your scores each time. As dodgersmom says, they all pick the highest score from each section. You do pay for each test unless you get a waiver. Seems like a small price though in the grand scheme of things. Although, I suppose if the scores are VERY low in all sections every time the test is taken, that could be regarded as a negative instead of just taking it once and scoring low (and call it a ‘fluke’ result). I think most people take it more than once.
By the way, some kids do relatively better with the ISEE.</p>
<p>Thank you - Dodgersmom and alextwoofour.
Some schools accept SSAT and/or ISEE, but some schools accept just SSAT only according to their websites.
It seems that ISEE dates are quite different compared to SSAT dates. Kids can select a certain date for ISEE date in a month. Right? And, kids are allowed to take ISEE once in six months. Is it okay to send SSAT and ISEE scores to applying schools?</p>
<p>I’ve heard that boarding schools prefer the SSAT over the ISEE, but if you think you can get a high score on the ISEE then take it. You’ll probably have to take the SSAT at some point, like you said, for the schools that say they only accept the SSAT.</p>