<p>I'm taking the SSAT in November. What are the best prep books?</p>
<p>I used an SAT prep book for vocab (barrons 21st edition i think). It helped for like 3-5 words on the test.</p>
<p>aww 2 years ago i was in this situation. quite stressful. and i got waitlisted damnit! haha. umm I used Princeton Review prep book.
My Percentile scores were:
Overall: 92
Reading: 97
Math: 82 [i was surprised because i LOVE math]
Verbal: 83</p>
<p>i got 96 percentile overall, and yes, i did prep, but overall, i think that its not going to affect your score SO much. perhaps by a few pecentiles, a couple points, but the ssat, as i have explained before, is mostly on the skills that you have been developing lifelong. besides, i'd worry more about my grades. the ssat is one of the least important factors on ur resume.</p>
<p>i got 99th percentile on everything (math/verbal/reading/overall) and i think it was due in part to the princeton review. true - you have to have had a solid education throughout your life to get good scores on the ssat. however, i think that with this supplement, you get more acquainted with the style of the ssat, which in turn allows you to become more prepared for expected questions.</p>
<p>now, for me, i thought that the "hit parade" list of commonly used vocabulary words from the princeton review proved to be very beneficial. i would definitely study those words.</p>
<p>use princeton review, kaplan's is confusing, contains multiple errors, and in general, sucks.</p>
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<p>Really? What do you think is the most important part?</p>
<p>Word Smart Vocabulary Books</p>
<p>Kaplans vocab and Grubers sat words. :)</p>
<p>The most important part is GRADES</p>
<p>So if I only got like an 85% of the SSAT, then would I still be okay with all A's?</p>
<p>I have heard that anything in 80's or 90's is good. :)</p>
<p>So the SSATs are important?(I have already graduated from high school so excuse my ignorace) My school had us take them every year and I really didn't get their importance. I did really well but I thought their only point was to show which kids needed help and which kids were smart. What's seen as a good score on the tests for prep school admission? I am just curious, I had to take the CHSPT(catholic high school placement test) and SSAT wasn't that important.</p>
<p>well, even if the SSATs weren't important, you'd still want to get the best score possible --- because even if they don't necessarily count against you, they certainly can help you distinguish yourself among other applicants.</p>
<p>basically, the importance of the SSATs doesn't matter. score the highest you can anyway.</p>
<p>If the SSAT is so unimportant, then why do they make you take it?</p>
<p>I got Princeton Review's a few days ago. It's great! I learned a lot of new stuff.</p>
<p>the SSAT is important.
it may not be the MOST important part of your application, but you should still study. The Princeton Review book is great... I would go over the vocab. I made flash cards and put them up in places I go every day. For example, I had flash cards near my tooth brush, so when I was brushing I could study.</p>
<p>Dude. I barely know any of the UL SSAT words. Am I in trouble? I proably knew like... only 25%.</p>
<p>Guys. I took the SSAT and was in the 73 percentile. I barely studied. Like, I studied the stuff about the test itself to know the format of the exam and stuff like getting 1/4 points deducted for a guess. So anyways..I screwed up on the verbal which i got 36% and for the reading, 71%. Math I got 99% and I really think that the math section is like the stupidest "test" ever created. Its hilarious to think that 11th graders are asked to add 1155 and 4023. Honestly, I could have gotten all the problems right in 5th grade. Its ridiculous.</p>
<p>Anyways..So with my poor SSAT results and my 4 A's and 4 B's at that time, I managed to get waitlisted at Lawrenceville and St. Mark's but rejected at Loomis Chaffee and Choate. </p>
<p>My tour guide from Lawrenceville told me that the INTERVIEW is the most important part of the application, at least for Lawrenceville. And I think I did a good job there and not such a good job at choate and loomis, so the results weren't a surprise.</p>
<p>A friend of mine with grades similar to mine (we're at a really tough private school, by the way) got low 80s on his SSAT and go accepted at all his schools which are: Milton, St. George's, St. Mark's, and Hill.
He said that he had an interview tutor (rich bastard). </p>
<p>So in my opinion, the interview and obviously grades, are the most important factors in the admission process.</p>
<p>I'm studying my words off this book called "The Words You Should Know." Its really cool because there are like sentences of explanation for each words and an example sentence.
Also, I get words sent from dictionary.com and merriam-webster. I get the SAT question of the day from college board, and go to ssat.org for the question of the day.
I also studied and will study again from ARCO's.</p>
<p>if any of you guys are really up for some major vocab studying, i would highly suggest buying the princeton review guid for the SATs (the high school test). i have the princeton review books for both the SSAT and SAT. i studied the vocab lists from both, and i think i greatly benefitted from that. i really recommend this for anyone who is aiming for those 99th percentiles. :-) so, good luck.</p>