<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>My son's verbal score went up 30% by studying vocab. We bought the official SSaT book and he did the verbal sections and we made vocab cards for all the words. It made a huge difference.</p>
<p>hey hey :)
freerice . com is a website where you get quizzed on vocab, and youre saving rice for 3rd world countries !
hmmm try getting a ssat/isee book from arco, princeton review, or kaplan. its best to get the official ssat book.
i think maybe you should take it over :)</p>
<p>last year (8th) i got a 2259, so a 97%
just memorize TONS of vocab, because math is pretty fundamental, and reading is comprehension.</p>
<p>I didn't study... The best thing that worked in my favor was NOT STRESSING.
I am not the best test taker- I don't really use strategies and the like, and that can owkr against me. But I didn't freak out, I wasn't worried, and i knew if I bombed it I could retake it later- and I got a perfect verbal.
Really, just stay calm and review some words. Use PARTS of the words to get the meaning of the WHOLE.
Facsimile (the word I used this strategy on) has the word simile in it- meaning the same. I chose "exact copy" and got it right.
Random example. Haha.</p>
<p>i memorized the vocab in the lists from the Princeton Review book.. and when i took the SSAT practice test (from the official SSAT booklet), a majority of the words were the same as the vocab lists in the Princeton Review book.
Is this because the Princeton Review got most of their words from the practice tests, or it it because the Princeton Review just has a really good vocabulary list??</p>
<p>sorry if that doesn't make sense, haha im really tired</p>
<p>We hired a tutor at a nearby university (lucky for me it was yale). </p>
<p>He was great and he was quite motivational. If funds don't allow, the princeton review books are great. I tried every single prep book there is and the princeton review was the best. </p>
<p>My score dropped from a 97 percentile to a 94 percentile but, i learned a lot of new things in the process. and i still got into a lot of my favorite schools. good luck</p>
<p>Yeah, everythings good. Chicago's great and schools going well. </p>
<p>The three percentile drop was only a couple questions, so you were right on that. A few percentile drops or ups won't make or break your application. If you're in the general range you're okay. Just nail the essays.</p>
<p>First stop Chill, it's the best strategy for EVERYTHING you do in life, ever.</p>
<p>Next step, I suggest the Kaplan book, over the official, but it's just my preference. Freerice has other subject's too, but verbal is my favorite. I got perfect on my verbal SSAT's, bit only like 70ish in math. So mabye mot the most balanced studdt method but <em>shrug</em>.</p>
<p>Well, most schools really put a lot of emphasis on great grades. But some schools have horrible grade inflation (such as my school- 3 100%s in core classes shouldn't be possible) and the SSAT gives schools the opportunity to see students perform in a very rigorous, uniform field.</p>
<p>Just wondering, but while doing free rice, could you include that as volunteering in your application? Like, I donated 20,000 grains of rice in a day, etc.</p>