<p>Okay. So my SSAT exam is next Saturday, and these are my scores for my practice test today.
Essay - I went over by 30 seconds! D: Rushed at the end.
Math - 92
Reading - 51
Verbal - 50
Overall - 61</p>
<p>Verbal was the worst. I got 29 out of 60 right (yeah, start gaping.) Does anybody have any tips? Please? Especially on reading comprehension and verbal.</p>
<p>Wow, your math is terrific! The others do need some work. With reading, the best preparation is just doing lots of reading on your own, but that’s not going to help you in one week! A big issue many students have with reading is the time element. You’ve only got 40 minutes for 7 passages and 40 questions. So, you’re going to have to read very efficiently to give yourself plenty of time for the questions. A common mistake is reading the passages too thoroughly the first time through. The questions are generally pretty specific and you’re going to have to refer back to the passage to answer anyway, so your first reading should be a skim, really, just to get the basic idea.</p>
<p>For the verbal, it’s all about the vocabulary. Again, you don’t have a ton of time, but a week is enough to make some progress if you’re focused. The best vocab resource is [Word-Nerd:</a> vocabulary test prep for the SAT and PSAT](<a href=“http://www.word-nerd.com%5DWord-Nerd:”>http://www.word-nerd.com) - it’s designed for the SAT, but my students haven’t found it too challenging for the SSAT. I also know they have a special pricing plan for last minute prep so you might check that out. As far as strategy goes, a lot of it is just ruling out wrong answers. There’s not much you can do with synonyms, you know it or you don’t, but with analogies, just try to make a sentence that connects the words, then plug the answer choices into the same sentence to see what works. And keep your sentence SIMPLE. Convoluted thinking will get you nowhere and lead you to the wrong answer.</p>
<p>Hope that helps and best of luck.</p>
<p>@swans004 thxs 4 the advice!!
@lvillejanice I think we are practically in the same shoes. I just wish u the best of luck and I hope u will PM me to let me know how the test went.</p>
<p>Hey a helpful hint-</p>
<p>Don’t stress out about SSATs too much.</p>
<p>If you’re a good test-taker, that’s great. But it’s not nearly as important as the wuality and the rest of your application.</p>
<p>mine is next saturday too</p>
<p>I’m in like the same situation as you, I get very good scores in math but 60 and 70s in the verbal and reading</p>
<p>the math section I find is really easy especially if you are taking a math class in school thats geometry or higher</p>
<p>the verbal section seems to be just word memorization which is not fun :(</p>
<p>the thing i realized about myself while doing the reading is that i can’t really focus when i’m reading the passages and then when it comes to the questions, i have no clue what it was about so i read it again and run out of time at the end.</p>
<p>good luck to both of us :)</p>
<p>Yes, the math section was really easy. I made some stupid mistakes on it to get 92 percentile, so I just need to be extra careful on the real test.</p>
<p>I posted my scores wrong on there. I actually got 34 out of 60 right in the verbal section. Still a massacre. :(</p>
<p>Time to study now!</p>
<p>Hey,
My best advice for vocab is to remember as many words as I can. I’m taking the SSATs this Saturday as well, on my practice tests my scores vary from 2350-2400, and I learned some vocab from some sparknotes 1000 pack vocab cards, a SAT vocab game, and memorizing all the words in the Peterson’s and PR book.
Btw, math is really sneaky, I always get 1 or more wrong somehow by something sneaky, only once have I gotten all right on a practice test.</p>