<p>from reading posts in this forum, it seems like most of you guys studied for the ssat. at my school, prep courses for it were offered, but they were only recommended for who were struggling in english & math. of course, anyone could take them, but it was pretty much considered a waste of time for anyone who was good at the subjects on the test.</p>
<p>i'm sure some people who weren't recommended to do it did it anyway and/or did it at home, but most of the people who were even fairly proficient in math & science didn't study at all. i didn't study at all and got a 99V, 77M, and 99R (99 overall), and most people who are considered to be the 'smart' (hate to sound like an ass but it's true) kids in class got fairly similar scores.</p>
<p>anyhow, it just surprised me because most of the people on this forum seem to be overachievers. have i gotten the wrong impression? or is my school just weird?</p>
<p>i didnt study and i got great scores. i took a practice test but i never ended up studying otherwise. there are plenty smart kids who just bomb the ssat's for whatever reason..it's not a very good test, i dont think. it's biased and whatnot..and higher order skills aren't really assessed.</p>
<p>I bought the Princeton Review study book and did most of that, but I didn't really learn anything new except for brushing up on vocab. I got 99, so I guess it either worked or I'm brilliant. :D</p>
<p>I studied a bit, but not a lot. My grandmother was worried that it might be a good idea to have a testing coach, because a lot of applicants (not CC kids, more kids whose families are quite accustomed to prep school and private school) have those. She talked to the exmissions woman at my uncle's old P-K-9 school that's a feeder for prep schools, and she said she thought it would be a good idea, especially since kids are being prepared for them at my currant school. However, I didn't do that a spent a bit of time with the practice books, and my scores were good, so I don't think it's really often necessary.
I think really, there are overachievers on CC, but that's generally in the college discussion forum. I suppose there are probably some in the prep school forum, but those in the prep school forum are still kids, and most of us haven't been preparing these applications for four years. I do think that a quite a few kids in the prep school forum are especially qualified candidates (for prep school), however, which is different than overachievers.</p>