SSAT Score Guidance

CaliMex
Wed, 19 Jun 2019 23:22:04 +0000

Everyone will tell you that University and Lick-Wilmerding won’t consider kids with scores below the 90th percentile. Don’t buy into it. We know kids at both schools with scores in the 70s, however, they also had strong grades, extra curriculars that the school valued, and were overall great kids.

Also: Make sure you understand how each of these schools sees themselves. You want your parent and student essays to reflect a good understanding of what makes each particular school special. They are all quite different from each other. They don’t want to feel like your back-up or second choice.

Feel free to PM me. Our daughter applied to (and was admitted to) the schools you are considering… She also attended a public middle school in SF.

BTW: There are lots of SSAT vocabulary lists on Quizlet. SSAT.org has practice tests, too. I don’t think he has to kill himself studying for the SSAT as his score is pretty strong for a 7th grader with no prep. Make sure he know to “guess” if he can eliminate at least one answer as patently false and that he should speed along answering all the easy questions first to accumulate as many points as possible early in the game.

Will you need financial aid?