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    #115887 11/09/11 11:30 AM
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    Does anyone have any SSAT experience with their HG/PG child?

    My DS8 (almost 9) is going to be taking the SSAT test this weekend for possible admittance to a private school next fall. He is currently in 4th grade (one year skip) and we are looking for him the enter 6th grade next fall.

    I did read that there is a penalty for guessing and that it is a pretty challenging test - even at the lower level (for 5th - 7th graders). There is also a 25 minute essay that is not graded but gets sent to the school.

    His testing experiences (outside of IQ/achievement tests) have been the SCAT as a 2nd grader and as a 3rd grader. His did well on those tests (qualified for awards) but this test seems much longer (3 hours total). The SCAT test was also computerized and not pencil/paper as this test will be.

    Any BTDT advice?
    We have not done any test prep.


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    Testing is done. He was there from 8:15 (check-in) until 12:40pm. Came out with a smile on his face. Told me he left 8 questions blank (there is a penalty for each incorrect repsonse so I told him not to do any wild guessing). He did not do any test prep except yesterday he looked at a few questions online from a practice test. Told me that the test was much easier than the practice question -- I think he may have actually been doing some questions from the upper level test instead of the lower level test. Of all the sections he felt the math was the easiest and the verbal (analogies) were the hardest. Most of the questions he left blank we the analogies because he didn't know the definition of a word.

    We should get scores back in 2-3 weeks.

    kcal, good luck to your DD. Is she taking the upper level or lower level test?


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