EPTbtw for people who dont know, this test is an admissions for high school. Maybe some people took it before when they were in middle school?
1 Day before the SSAT
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Yin
United States209 Posts
btw for people who dont know, this test is an admissions for high school. Maybe some people took it before when they were in middle school? | ||
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Refrain[FriZ]
Canada4337 Posts
sorry i can't help you i took an entrance examination for a private school | ||
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dronebabo
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dork
Canada2207 Posts
relax and good luck | ||
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Yin
United States209 Posts
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gLyo
United States2410 Posts
Oh, and for advice; just sleep. I took the PSAT (Practice SAT) and sleep helped a lot. | ||
Waxangel
United States33660 Posts
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DJEtterStyle
United States2766 Posts
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ItchReliever
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BinaryStar
Afghanistan669 Posts
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hixhix
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karelen
Sweden2407 Posts
so my advice would be to go out and find a good party with easy women. but then again this way might only work for me  | ||
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MPXMX
Canada4309 Posts
sleep long before the exam sleep as your mom is driving you there sleep during the exam sleep... | ||
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Gryffindor_us
United States5606 Posts
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Penguin
Australia388 Posts
On January 07 2005 22:17 MPXMX wrote: Just sleep man sleep long before the exam sleep as your mom is driving you there sleep during the exam sleep... LOL | ||
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baal
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pfff
Belgium1352 Posts
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ItchReliever
2489 Posts
On January 08 2005 01:43 pfff wrote: why do you have to take a test to get into a high school? because the american education system is just that good  | ||
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BinaryStar
Afghanistan669 Posts
On January 08 2005 01:43 pfff wrote: why do you have to take a test to get into a high school? Because there are specialized high schools for those that score high enough on the test. | ||
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Sky101
United States1758 Posts
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draeger
United States3256 Posts
You want to go in there feeling relaxed and if you are over preparing for the test by changing your regular routine, you are going to be thinking about it too much before it actually happens. The last thing to remember is that you can take it multiple times. If you do poorly on the first one, pay for a course that helps improve your score and then take it again. | ||
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XDawn
Canada4040 Posts
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zooBie
India122 Posts
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0_0
United States2090 Posts
Anyways, just relax and do whatever you do, stress will really kill your score. If you really want to do well, just take the test like it is, and if you do badly, then practice for the next few months and take it again. You can't cram for these tests. | ||
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TheGreenBeret
United Kingdom548 Posts
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ohtusojos
United States7 Posts
On January 07 2005 20:36 Yin wrote: Okay. I\'m taking the SSAT\'s ( Secondary School Admissions Test) tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone had any tips on the test, particularly, the verbal + reading comp section. btw for people who dont know, this test is an admissions for high school. Maybe some people took it before when they were in middle school? There's really nothing you can do to prepare at this point...I had to take an entrance exam for high school as well... The verbal is a lot of your vocabulary, so either you have an expansive one or you don't... reading comprehension pretty much says it all. Just relax, and take your time.... don't stress if you don't know a word... guess and move on | ||
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ReBanned
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NitrousOxide
United States73 Posts
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superlyduper
United States37 Posts
unless of course you havent studied if you have, sleep will prevent silly mistakes i remember the time i took my SAT II biology, I procrastinated. I don't usually study, and when I do, I dont usually study for more than an hour or two. I studied 12 hours straight before the test from 2:30PM to 2:30AM, and woke up alittle before 8AM(??) for the test. Luckily, I chose the to take the test at my shitty zoned school so I wouldnt have to wake up extra early for a commute. I probably made a couple silly mistakes, but I would have done terrible without the study marathon. Got a 760 | ||
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ReBanned
1929 Posts
On January 08 2005 14:42 NitrousOxide wrote: Play some Techno music as you are on your way to the test, gets me in the zone... lmfao | ||
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Alpha
France1495 Posts
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
I hope you've taken some practice SSAT's. Other than that there is nothing you could've done. Get some sleep and read the questions carefully. I go to HCHS and since its > Stuy I just took it to see what I'd get. I didn't study at all for it, but most people seem to need to... anyway good luck. (Yes I did get into Stuy) | ||
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superlyduper
United States37 Posts
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0_0
United States2090 Posts
. There isn't much you can do at the last second unless you have a photographic memory or something like that. The vocab needs to be built up over a long period of time by either reading, or by studying roots of words, and well... math, I don't know how you study for that, other than just work lots of problems. The math on these standardized tests are so easy that it should be a crime to miss more than 1 or 2 questions... | ||
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AmazingFlash
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Fayth[pG]
Canada1093 Posts
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Fayth[pG]
Canada1093 Posts
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[city] clan
France39 Posts
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
On January 08 2005 20:57 [city] clan wrote: Did you know that at the University of Michigan getting a perfect score on your SAT's is worth 5 entrance points, but being a minority is worth 20? So being a minority is more important than being smart. Four times as important. University of Michigan scrapped their whole admissions system because courts deemed it non sensical or something to that effect. I remember a site with their entrance "calculator." It's pretty funny if you think about it. | ||
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
On January 08 2005 15:41 superlyduper wrote: why do you think hunter college high school >Stuyvesant? Hahaha do you go to Stuyvesant? Well HCHS placed above Stuy in the Wall Street Journal rankings for NYC schools. | ||
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[city] clan
France39 Posts
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TheGreenBeret
United Kingdom548 Posts
On January 08 2005 15:05 superlyduper wrote: get SLEEP unless of course you havent studied if you have, sleep will prevent silly mistakes i remember the time i took my SAT II biology, I procrastinated. I don't usually study, and when I do, I dont usually study for more than an hour or two. I studied 12 hours straight before the test from 2:30PM to 2:30AM, and woke up alittle before 8AM(??) for the test. Luckily, I chose the to take the test at my shitty zoned school so I wouldnt have to wake up extra early for a commute. I probably made a couple silly mistakes, but I would have done terrible without the study marathon. Got a 760 thats the wat to do it | ||
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
For big tests just study like crazy the day before, and the morning before. When you get the test all the nervousness, even if you're going to do bad, disappears, if you remember this you get less nervous before. I like to do some repetitive motion before/during a test though to relax. Gum, bobbing my head, or tapping my foot works nicely. Plus it's really annoying and detrimential to everyone elses concentration, gogoogo curve fighting! | ||
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ItchReliever
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
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listal
United States228 Posts
bring bread and water or something else small like crackers with you when you are taking the test if, for example, you eat breakfast at 9 am and the test is at 10 am you will be sleepy and it'll be harder to focus because of digestion process going on in your stomach | ||
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0_0
United States2090 Posts
On January 09 2005 17:40 -_- wrote: I've got to say not doing anything out of the normal is best. Before finals or something I often try reading some test guide on the internet or in a random book. They give wild claims about how sleeping 9+ hours can account for 15% of your score, and to eat a good breakfast, not to study the day before, to relax, etc. I find it doesn't help. For big tests just study like crazy the day before, and the morning before. When you get the test all the nervousness, even if you're going to do bad, disappears, if you remember this you get less nervous before. I like to do some repetitive motion before/during a test though to relax. Gum, bobbing my head, or tapping my foot works nicely. Plus it's really annoying and detrimential to everyone elses concentration, gogoogo curve fighting! I never really checked, but these are set on a curve? So some times the curve may be higher, while some times lower?  . | ||
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koit
United States450 Posts
psat scores vary their whole grading scheme is centered on percent | ||
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