<p>guys... congrats to everyone!!</p>
<p>we did AWESOME! </p>
<p>for your own sake, stop telling yourselves that a 90% on one section is so awful, because it isn't. Let's just be happy we did so well! =]]</p>
<p>Verbal 737 89%
Math 761 87%
Reading 743 98%
Total Score 2241 95%</p>
<p>My son has these scores , he is in 8th grade coming from a public charter school and thinking of applying to Exeter, Andover, St Paul's and Concord Academy.</p>
<p>Are these good enough? We didn't study at all and he omitted a lot of questions- I think that's why his scores are lower in verbal especially.</p>
<p>BTW-for the high scorers out there, the highest score you can get is a 99%, so there is NO room for improvement! Relax, don't take the test again and focus on your applications!</p>
<p>Thanks for the response to my specific question. I went to the Boarding School Review site and found the sat score info. But, it appears to include the writing component so the average SAT scores are not quite comparable. For example, Blair shows an average SAT score of 1850. OK, but the SSAT only provides ranges for the verbal and math components, not the written. This means my sons "range" for projected SAT is 1300-1480. So, how can I bridge this info? I think this would be another way to analyze the data. Oh, and by the way, looking at average SSAT scores he is well above Blair's "average" and exactly hit the average for the other two schools.</p>
<p>So, am happy he is in the hunt!</p>
<p>Often, the specific W, M, R scores for sat are listed in the college placement section of the website. From what I've seen, they're usually pretty even...with a slightly higher writing score from the prep schools.</p>
<p>Thanks neatoburrito (love your screen name). One school had the info, the other two did not. I guess we'll digest the info, talk to his school placement counselor and go from there.</p>
<p>skidad -- You can contact the ssat people tomorrow to ask if you can get a more detailed score report for your daughter. I don't know if they do this, but they might. Then you can take a closer look at what she got wrong. </p>
<p>Two of my son's friends had some big swings in their SSATs from one test to the other.</p>
<p>9th grade
Verbal Score 800 SSAT Percentile 99%
Math Score 761 SSAT Percentile 85%
Reading Score 710 SSAT Percentile 81%
2271 SSAT Percentile 96%
not happy with reading and math.
should i take it over?
i got a 97% last year...:(</p>
<p>10th grade male:
Verbal Score 800 = 99%</p>
<p>Math Score 794 =93%</p>
<p>Reading Score 731 = 95%</p>
<p>Total Score 2325 = 99%</p>
<p>Verbal 713 79%
Math 716 75%
Reading 698 82%</p>
<p>2127 78%</p>
<p>And, you know what? I'm happy with that</p>
<p>10th grade male:
Math Score 794 =93%</p>
<p>^ that right there amuses me. 6 points and 7%?</p>
<p>Above a certain raw score, one get's the maximum. I got 4 vocab questions wrong (in total) and got a perfect score of 800. Thus, it's possible to have scores in very small increments...</p>
<p>If you bought the web bundle for November, registered for December test and bought web bundle, were happy with November score but decided to take December test anyway, can you still send only your Nov. scores if they're better? When does the web service for a given test expire?</p>
<p>bs_hopeful- good for you. i do not understand this need for everyone to get a perfect score, if i got an 90 i would be extremely over joy'd. but i didn't, i'm satisfied with an 85 and now i can put all my focus into my essays</p>
<p>Bs_hopeful-
would you mind if I ask you what gender and age you are? My son got almost the exact scores you did but his overall percentile was 70%. I can only surmise that his must have been an older group of kids.
Thanks.</p>
<p>I am Male in 8th grade. </p>
<p>The score is based on your scores compared to other students of your gender and age I thought.</p>
<p>Bs_hopeful- yes that is the difference in your percentages, my son is in 9th grade and is applying as a sophomore. Thank you and good luck!</p>
<p>Does anyone think it is possible that very high ssat scores could actually hurt you when applying to schools that have a lower median ssat's? Is it better to be closer to the median score for the schools you are applying to?</p>
<p>Other than the most competitive schools which tend to have a narrower range of scores, most schools have a broad range of scores. A school that has an average SSAT of 70% probably has a range of 50%-99%. </p>
<p>As long as the school offers sufficient honors and AP courses and doesn't specialize in learning disabilities, I don't think you have to worry about being hurt by high SSAT scores. If the school is interested in increasing its SAT averages, it will probably work to your advantage. Some schools send out letters congratulating applicants for their high scores. Just be certain that the school is a good fit for you.</p>
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<p>Example for my previous post: a school with a lower median SSAT might think that <em>really</em> high scorers might be unhappy at their school and less likely to stay for 4 years; or that accepting a 99er may mean waitlisting a 75er, but the 99er will probably go to Exeter or something, and then the 75er may go elsewhere.</p>