I want to know when I should start studying for the SSAT which I plan to take for boarding school applications and also I want to know if anyone has any good suggestions as to how to study efficiently for the ssat or in other words a ssat study plan.I want a really high percentile so please suggest. 
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I recommend some vocab study on vocabulary.com. I put a lot of common SSAT words in there and studiedâŠ
The Princeton Review book also helps a bit.
For vocab I would suggest going through sets on Quizlet and memorizing word rootsâŠ
And seconding @GoatMama 's suggestion⊠you wonât believe the number of times this very question is asked! You are not the only one 
With two kids through the BS process, my POV on the SSAT is this:
- A truly rich vocabulary is something that starts at a VERY early age, not a year (or less) before you take the SSAT
- A high percentile on the SSAT is not a guarantee that you will be admitted to ANY school
- Over-focusing on the SSAT is a mistake
- Use your baseline (without much prep) score to help target schools to apply to instead of hoping for a higher score "that will make you more appealing" to the most selective schools
Not everyone agrees with me on these points, but I stick by themâŠ
Take an official upper level test for âpracticeâ in the spring of 7th grade, without any prep. You wont have to report the scores. Then youâll know what areas to focus on. Math is the easiest to improve through study, and it helps to learn and practice HOW to best approach taking the test (when to skip questions, etc). Donât stress yourself out to much, youâll need sustained time and energy to focus on interviews and essays also.
Agree with @waterbug2 that itâs worth taking the test in the next few months as a baseline.
Some resources that my son found helpful:
- The Christa Abbott SSAT books
- 1200 words for the SSAT & ISEE
- ssatpracticetest.com
The online tests were good for DD. She thought the vocabulary was difficult for 7th grade- words not exposed to in her day school which BTW is IB & global. Added benefit - the SSAT prep she did really helped her for taking the ACT for Duke TIP & the CTY test. She scored higher on the ACT % than the SSAT. BTW, we downloaded the SSAT app, but DD found those examples & tests too easy for the actual SSAT prep. Good luck! ;)⊠Princeton review book is good. Did you check out the summer prep courses?
@Golfgr8 Do you mean the online tests at ssatpracticetest.com?
@Calimex :Think there were online tests for extra $$ from SSAT official site. Has anyone here attended one of the BS summer SSAT or PSAT prep courses during the past few years? Please give your opinion on these intensive test prep experiences at the BSâs
Is the 2016 princeton ssat upperlevel book good and helpful?The reviews on Amazon are really bad but looking at college confidential Iâm getting some mixed messages about it.The Official SSAT Book is to expensive for me, I donât want to splurge on something that may not be helpful after all so donât suggest it. I decided I want to get the kaplan book because I heard itâs good for verbal and all but I not sure the book can fufill all my needs so I decided I wanted to also get another book for studying.
We found it helpful to get a bunch of the study guides from the library and then decide which book seemed like the best fit.
To the OP: wouldnât the Official SSAT Book be the most helpful of them all?? IMO, it gave the most accurate representation of the real test.
Tests reflect what you learned in school. Questions are drawn from a large pool of items so you canât learn lots of specific information. Learn everything well from right now because you canât predict specific information or themes uniting questions.
Make sure your reading skills in word attack are automatic, fluency and reading speed are critical for processing information quickly and accurately, reading comprehension in various types of text will help you process information and respond. Skimming is vital in sorting important from descriptive information. Skimming will also let you find specific information in test. Learn vocabulary by looking up unfamiliar words. Take a book with you to read in spare or downtime because that improves reading.
Reading is very amenable to practice. If textbooks are difficult or boring, read them anyway. If your mind wanders, read aloud or read standing up. If you enjoy reading the Bible, read passages aloud and vary speed, emphasis, inflection, and so on. This will help you learn how messages change by different strategies for reading aloud. Put down your cell phone and think. Selfies and gossip are certainly fun, but donât help you learn for your future. Finally memorizing information is good strategy for times tables, rules for driving and so on. Instead of learning by rote, integrate what you are learning with what you already know. RainbowâŠthe more you knowâŠ
Great advice above You should have some fun while prepping for the test and learn the different style of analogy items. There are review sections @ this in the Offiicial Guide & Princeton review book. Here is a golf practice analogy: Pinehurst#2:Donald Ross as Hotchkis: ( find the answer). Only one parent got this correct!!
Here is another easy analogy typeâŠPan:Nap as Top:(answer). Get your brain working in different directions.
As we say in golfâŠ, follow through:)