SSAT Score Guidance

sfbernal
Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:57:41 +0000

My son who is a San Francisco public school kid in 7th grade took the SSAT 2 weeks ago with no preparation or guidance. We just wanted a baseline to see where he stands. His scores came in today and he scored 2052 (62nd percentile). Verbal 674 (56th %ile); Math 686 (54th %ile), Reading 692 (75th %ile). These scores are not high and he will retake the test in Fall and we will enroll him in a SSAT prep class. While I realize that SSAT scores are not everything schools look at I had a few questions:

What is the baseline for schools such as Lick-Wilmerding, University, Urban, Bay and Drew, what would a strong score be for these schools and are there other specifics that he should highlight in the applications.

Any suggestions on starting SSAT prep in the summer - Khan Academy, SSAT practice guide, Vocabulary building lists any other sources. He is going to start his SSAT Prep classes in August but those are just 6 sessions on test taking tips. I think he needs to build up more prior to the classes. Being a public school kid all his life I am seeing massive gaps in a high achieving 4.0 San Francisco public school kid and what is required for private school admissions.

This is our first experience in the competitive school admissions process.