ssat practise test vs real thing

neatoburrito
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:07:37 +0000

It was the Princeton Review practise that he took. I made him sit at his sister’s dressing table with a clock in front of him! He finished all the sections with a few minutes to spare. (He refuses to go over his work) I gave him two five minute breaks. The only thing we didn’t do was the essay and that is specifically what worries me. I’m afraid that if the essay is first, it will rattle him. It doesn’t matter if he writes something utterly brilliant or unworthy of a second grader, he will think it’s aweful and lose concentration for the scored part. Like I said, his scores were very high, but he’s really worried that no one will be able to read his rushed handwriting. I guess we’ll just have to work on penmanship a little.