Test Preparation

Although there are private schools and boarding schools that almost everyone who applied to accept, but the best have a selection process. This contains a couple of High School Entrance Exams: High School Admissions Test (SSAT) and Independent school entrance exam (ISEE). The best that the child, this test, the more likely to be adopted at the Academy. Both tests are similar in that they measure the skills of students in key academic skills (math, English, reading, etc..) However, each has subtle differences.

ISEE and SSAT used by most independent schools and boarding schools in the admission process (the GPA, transcripts, recommendations, etc..) The Princeton Review can help you prepare for the SSAT and ISEE at various locations in North America and abroad. More information about our class SSAT ISEE / SSAT and ISEE tutoring programs.

The SSAT

If you are applying for a boarding or military school for your child, it is likely that he or she will need to take the SSAT. Some private schools also needed. The exam is held every month, one day, between November and April and once in June, there are many places where the examination is offered in most regions of Canada and USA.

The test consists of a writing sample and four multiple-choice fields. These areas are designed to give the student verbal, reading and quantitative skills test. Example of writing tests students the opportunity to express his thoughts and knowledge in a practical way. The child is 155 minutes for the entire investigation is complete.

The questions were as follows: Department of quantitative (mathematical) has 25 questions. The student should be able to finish in 30 minutes or less. The report has 60 questions testing knowledge of the vocabulary of the student. The student has 30 minutes. The Reading section has 40 questions about the ability of the child to read and understand short selections. He / she will have 40 minutes to complete the section. To test the student is 25 minutes.

ISEE

The ISEE test You are a child may be asked to take if you are looking to enroll in a private environment or a secondary school that is not residential in nature. It is given on Saturday by several fall winter, and like the SSAT, which is offered in all regions in North America.

The student is entitled to three hours before the exam, which consists of four sections, all multiple choice. The sections are verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, quantitative reasoning and testing.

There are 40 questions in verbal section, in which the student knowledge of vocabulary and phrases appropriate tests. Twenty minutes are allocated for the section. Reading has 40 questions that test the student is able to understand short reading passages. He / she has 40 minutes. The quantitative reasoning / mathematics performance has a total of 80 questions on general mathematical concepts and comparing data. It is allowed 75 minutes. And the test must be completed in 30 minutes.

Preparation for Test Day

Smart parents will require their children to either the ISEE or SSAT preparation for the day of the event. This will help the cobwebs from the mind of the child on the concepts he or she has not occasionally used. More importantly, it allows them to know what to expect on the test, so they do not freeze in the middle of it. Preparation of testing experts recommend that at least three samples taken before the real one. Also, tell your child that he or she has no idea what the answer is to let white (two tests penalized for wrong answers). However, help them to see how well they are the options limited to one or two correct answers. If the tests show that they are of good practices in the process of narrowing down, encourage them to continue and if they can safely have two or more recommended options.