<p>My SSAT scores: they were 692 or 73% on the verbal, 695 or 68% on the math, 680 or 70% on the reading, overall with a 2067 or 72 SSAT percentile. Analogies was the worst section for me getting 2 more right (16) than wrong (14). Can people with higher scores tell me how they raised it or achieved it? How I can raise my scores to the 80's or 90's? If you achieved this, how did you? Specific names and books? How can I learn those challenging words or analogies since the first time I encounter them were on the test when it's too late to learn them? </p>
<p>i used the sat (they didn't have ssat) vocab flash cards and read the advice section of an isee/ssat book. i didn't take the practice test, but I assume they would help.</p>
<p>I'm doing all the ssat and sat books I can lay my hands on, and so far I've gotten through maybe, 25 practice ssat/sats? I'm aiming for a perfect/ridiculously high score, because I don't have any nice ECs I can impress the admissions officers with.</p>
<p>last year I got 96 total percentile, 764 verbal, 791 math, 707 reading. I don't do the entire practice tests, so I don't know what I get for them</p>
<p>how are you preparing for the vocab words? because there is such a big range. when i took the test, some of the vocab words were the first time ive ever heard of them</p>
<p>I was an idiot about studying and barely did anything, but I'm still kind of happy with one strategy: went through the glossary of the Kaplan book two nights before, and underlined all the words I couldn't immediately recite the definition of. Then the next day (day before the test) I made flashcards, crammed, and memorized all of them. That seemed to help because I got a 790, 99th percentile, on the verbal.</p>
<p>why are there like five recently posted SSAT threads all of a sudden o_O</p>
<p>I don't think the SSAT is a very big deal, people with 99th percentiles might get rejected and people with 88th percentiles might get accepted.
with all of the "elite" schools (and relatively good schools i guess) it's a safe bet to get higher than the 85th percentile.
but honestly, if you've witnessed CC prep school students long enough you see that SSAT could be part of your name for all the schools care. </p>
<p>and what i suggest is use logic instead of memorization for most of the test. it's cool if you choose to study, but i, like quite a few people, didn't study at ALL and got 95th percentile, which isn't bad i guess.
it's good for summer programs, i think xD but it's nowhere near as significant in terms of standardized test scores, in my opinion, as the actual SAT.</p>
<p>strike out with your essays :) your personal statement, a text of all your interests, this is what persuades people. as far as the schools know, you and the next person who got straight A's, five honors classes, president of four clubs, and spends 100 hours a year in community service are pretty much tied. the written section is where there is no straight path; there is an ocean, and you choose to sink, float, or swim on it.</p>
<p>well, thanks. i did that the first time and got a 72% soooo i probably should study. i sunk-float on the essay because ive never done timed essat and decided to do a rough draft first. i didn't get enough time to finish :(</p>