SSAT more than once?

gardenstategal
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:53:34 +0000

Our plan was to do it once – we didn’t have to stay in a hotel, but it wasn’t just around the corner either. As it happened, the night before, DS was up sick all night and was still feeling lousy in the morning with a stomach flu. He decided to give it a go, knowing that we could cancel the score if he couldn’t hang in for the whole test. He finished but came out wanting to take it again. He did do better the second time, but that wasn’t a big surprise given the circumstances. You can wait to see the scores before you sign up for a second time.

Honestly, I don’t think that the SSAT carries the weight in this process that SAT scores do for college, so if you’re in the ballpark for the schools you’re considering, I’d skip the second test. Of course, if your child gets nervous about testing or has some other reason for feeling more comfortable having a second bite at the apple, go for it, but there are so many other things to be done that it sort of feels like overkill.