It’s summer and is a good time to start preparing for the SSAT. If you are getting ready for a private school, SSAT becomes an important part of your portfolio along with your GPA score. As GPA score alone does not reveal a candidate’s aptitude, SSAT allows private schools to understand the candidate better.
Strategies to Ace the SSAT
1. Timed Practice
Timed practice helps you gain an appreciation and familiarity with the actual SSAT exam. Practicing timed workout style just as the athletes do, pushes you to quickly remember and get an answer. Most timed practice sessions help you remember your performance so that you can practice more on your weaknesses. They help you with the correct answer when you get it wrong.
2. Repetitive Spaced Learning
This technique helps you remember things in the long run. Spaced learning or repetitive spaced learning utilizes your brain’s ability to retain in memory what was learned previously. If you commit something to your memory, you should space out the repetitive reading or recitation over a period, to improve retention.
3. Read as much as you can
Reading as much as you can about the subjects you are studying will help you gain a better understanding of the subject. It helps you come up with intelligent but correct answers even when your memory fails as memory has the habit of rejuvenating when it is given the right input to recall.
4. Build your Vocabulary
One of the areas you’ll be tested on in SSAT is your vocabulary. It pays to build it from the word go. Building your vocabulary for SSAT is not daunting but is as easy as picking up the day’s newspaper, either digital or printed. Make a habit of noting down new words you encounter every day and try to use them in your daily conversations.
5. Don’t save your study until the last
This is a golden rule which guarantees success. According to a study by Steven Levy, the renowned author of the book, ‘The Outliers,’ those who started work immediately stood a higher chance of success than those who postponed their preparations. Even the simple act of looking through the syllabus and marking all those subjects in your mind helps you become familiar with the makes of a beginning.
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