Boarding School Test Scores

reknihtrevo
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:21:01 +0000

At this point, the best thing you can do is take official practice tests. Print them off, answer all of the questions, then score them. When you’re scoring them, mark what ones you got wrong, but do not write down the correct answer. Then go back to the questions you got wrong and try to answer them a second time. Most reading and verbal questions are written with two obviously incorrect answers, and two answers that are fairly similar. And redoing the math questions should lower the chance that accidental calculation errors are messing up your score. After answering the wrong questions for a second time, check the answer key again. For the questions that you got wrong the first time, but correct the second, ask yourself why you made an error initially, and make sure that you understand the concept. If there are still incorrect questions, use the internet to find similar examples or explanations, and make sure that you understand why the correct answer is right.

I would also not recommend that you time yourself on the practice tests. Judging by your scores, I think it would be most benefial to work through the problems without the stress of time constraints. Your main issue seems to be learning the actual concepts, so adding in time management won’t help until you learn the topics you are struggling with.

I also cannot help but ask what you are considering “top boarding schools”. Even if you are able to improve your score into the 30s range, I would suggest casting a very wide net, and searching for schools beyond the one’s most commonly mentioned. ABC should help you with this.

You seem to be a decent writer, based off your above post, and I know that you mentioned that the academics at your current school are subpar. I think that if you want to do better on the SSAT you really need to force yourself to sit down and study. You’re unlikely to improve very much in two days (one now), but I assume that you plan to retake the test again at some point. You need to indentify exactly what topics you struggle with, and put in the work to learn them. Try setting up a calendar and mapping out exactly when you plan to study leading up to your next exam.

Best of luck!