Course Overview

What is SSAT?

An admissions test required for entry to most independent and private elementary, middle, and high schools in the US.

Offered in three levels: Elementary Level (for students in grades 3 – 4), Middle Level (for students in grades 5 – 7), and Upper Level (for students in grades 8 – 11).

Comprises a Writing Sample and multiple-choice sections covering Verbal, Reading, and Quantitative (Mathematics) skills.

Only computer-based format available in Singapore.

Roughly 3 hours to complete (including short breaks in between sections).

ssat Test Format

The test consists of the following sections:

Section I: Writing

Organisation and expression of ideas

Section II: Quantitative

Problem solving using arithmetic, elementary algebra, geometry, and other concepts.

Section III: Reading Comprehension

Recognising central ideas, identifying details, inference and deduction, determining author’s purpose, attitude, and tone, understanding and evaluating arguments.

Section IV: Verbal

Vocabulary; identification of synonyms and interpretation of analogies.

Sections	Questions	Duration	Scoring
Reading	1 task from a choice of 2 prompts	25 minutes	Unscored
Quantitative 1	25 multiple choice	30 minutes	500 - 800 (Upper Level) 440 - 710 (Middle Level)
Quantitative 1	25 multiple choice	30 minutes	500 - 800 (Upper Level) 440 - 710 (Middle Level)
Reading	40 multiple choice	40 minutes	500 - 800 (Upper Level) 440 - 710 (Middle Level)
Verbal	60 multiple choice	30 minutes	500 - 800 (Upper Level) 440 - 710 (Middle Level)
Experimental	16 multiple choice	15 minutes	Unscored
Total		3 hours 5 minutes Including breaks	1500 - 2400 (Upper Level) 1320 - 2130 (MIddle Level)

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1-to-1 Personal Coaching

Our SSAT Online Personal Coaching is for students who prefer one-on-one preparation with our highly qualified teachers. The SSAT Personal Coaching course is tailored to your unique learning needs, strengths and weaknesses to comprehensively cover each section of the test at your own pace. Your Personal Coaching sessions can be held remotely through online streaming platforms. Available in 10 to 50-hour coaching services, your coach will be with you all the way!

Tony

US College

Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (First Class) in Global Studies from the National University of Singapore. His exemplary academic record has also secured him a PhD Fellowship at Purdue University’s Sociology Program as an alternate Singapore Fulbright candidate.

Linh

US College

Graduating with highest honours (Summa Cum Laude) in Anthropology from Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Linh is a scholastic powerhouse with a diverse academic background which spans the humanities to the quantitative sciences. A highly proficient test taker herself, Linh has obtained perfect scores in the ISAT, SAT Math and PTE. Additionally, she has scored in the 99th percentile for the SAT and UCAT, and the 96th percentile for the GRE.

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