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Upper Level SSAT Percentile Ranking Chart for 8th Grade Boys

SSAT Percentile Conversion Chart for 8th Grade Boys

It’s not easy figuring out what you need to score on the SSAT.  So, we’ve created these simple charts for your reference so that you can figure out how many Verbal Questions out of 60) or Math Questions (out of 50) or Reading Questions your 8th Grade son needs to score to obtain a specific percentile for the boarding or private school, he wishes to enter.

8th Grade SSAT Percentile Chart

 

**Do note, this is the higher end and above the median because they do need to score higher for any of the Top Boarding Schools in the U.S.

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SSAT 最高百分比等級 – 八年級 (女)

在SSAT考試中，「好成績」，「高分數」的條件是甚麼？

或許你腦海即時浮現一推2400，99%的數字但也沒有一個具體的答案。假若你心儀某間美國頂級寄宿學校，或者其他國際寄宿學校，你必須與世界各地成千上萬的學生一同考試，等待SAT的成績單，然後找出你的百分比：93%? 99%? 或者是50%…… 才知道自己是否達到入學的成績，這過程漫長而且難以控制。究竟有沒有較簡潔而快捷的方法知道我的成績呢? 究竟語文部份60條，數學部份50條， 閱讀理解部份40條各需答對多少才能有「好成績」? 入讀理想學校。

針對這令人奧惱的問題，我們透過以下對照表為你一一解釋：

– 需要答對多少題目才可以取得預計的比例分數

– 如何根據比例分數推算你可取得的SSAT百分比等級範籌和可考取的寄宿學校

99% 或以上 SSAT 比例分數（Scaled score)

綜合比例分數 由 2295 至 2400*

語文 (V): 791 或以上 –要知道自己答對多少題目可參閱下圖的對照表，先在表中找出你的比例分數（Scaled score)的範圍， 然後對應原始分（Raw score）就可以估計所需答對的題數

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT語文部分答對51題，錯4題，6題留空即等同以上分數

數學 (Math or ‘Q’): 794或以上

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT數學部分答對46題，其餘4題需留空即等同以上分數

閱讀理解 (R): 761 或以上

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT閱讀理解部分答對38題，錯2題即等同以上分數

95% – 98% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2226 至 2292

V: 758-788
Q: 773-791
R: 728-758

90% – 94% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2178 至 2223

V: 737-755
Q: 752-770
R: 716-725

85% – 89% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 21454 至 2175

V: 722-736
Q: 737-749
R: 707-713

75% – 84% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2091 至 2142

65% -74% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2049 至 2088

upper level estimated ssat scaled scores

請注意所有原始分根據 SSAT.ORG，ADMISSION.ORG 及 THE SSATB’S 2011-2012 INTERPRETIVE GUIDE 從2008年8月至2011年7月所收集的數據作整合，分數只作參考與預測用途，確實分數將隨考生整體表現而稍有偏差

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Upper Level SSAT Percentile Ranks Chart – 8th Grade Girls – Top End

Top SSAT Percentile Ranks - 8th Gr Girls

It’s might be a bit confusing as to what a student needs to accomplish in order to score high on the SSAT Exam.

For thousands, if not tens to hundreds of thousands of students throughout the world studying for the exam, you have to wait until you finish the SSAT and get your scores before you find out you are a 93% Percentile or a 99% Percentile or maybe even a 50% Percentile. However, when you’re aiming for a Top U.S. Boarding School or even many other International Boarding Schools that accept the scores for their admissions, you don’t know exactly out of the 60 Verbal Questions or the 50 Quantitative (Math) Questions or the 40 Reading Questions you need to get correct.

We’ve decided to break it down here for you so that you can see how many raw questions you need to correctly answer in order to obtain he estimated scaled score.  With the total scaled score, you will be able to define potentially what “SSAT Percentile” you will land within and potentially determine what type of Boarding Schools you might be able to qualify for:

99% or higher SSAT Scaled Scores

  • Combined Scaled Scores from 2295 to 2400*
  • Verbal (V): 791 or higher – to figure out the number of “raw points” you need to score, please refer to the chart below
    • For example, an 8th grade female student taking the SSAT could have answered 51 correct, 4 wrong and left 6 blank on the Verbal to obtain the above score
  • Quantitative (Math or ‘Q’): 794 or higher
    • For example, an 8th grade female student taking the SSAT could have scored approximately 46 correct, but would have had to omit 4 of them or so to obtain these marks 
  • Reading (R): 761 or higher
    • For example, an 8th grade female student taking the SSAT could have have approximately 38 correct and missed two to obtain these estimated marks

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2015 SSAT Dates

ssatRemaining 2015 SSAT Exam Dates:

For next year’s Boarding School applications, it’s never too early to start planning.

We thought we would remind all the prospective applicants out there that there are the following dates remaining for this calendar year to obtain entrance into some of the Top US Boarding Schools:

  • February 7th
  • March 7th
  • April 25th
  • June 13th

For 2016 SSAT dates, plan on the Exam dates being approximately around:

  • October 18, 2015 (exact date to be posted later this year by the SSATB)
  • November 15, 2015 (exact date to be posted later this year by the SSATB)
  • December 13, 2015 (exact date to be posted later this year by the SSATB)
  • January 10, 2016 (exact date to be posted later this year by the SSATB)

Today’s post is courtesy of Hong Kong’s Top SSAT Preparation Center: SanLi Education

*Dates are subject to change by the SSATB.  Please visit their website for the latest dates.  Registration for the exams will also keep you updated for any changes.

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Total SSAT Test Takers Every Year

We were trying to find some quick and simple statistics on the:

Annual SSAT Test Takers per Year (Grades 5 through 11)

…but couldn’t find anything.  However, we found a copy of the 2011-2012 Interpretive Guide to the SSAT which had a lot of data on the Percentiles of studetns from Grade 5 to Grade 11.  The guide studied students taking the exam from August 2008 to July 2011.  The specific numbers per grade were:

  • Grade 11: 2,546
  • Grade 10: 10,232
  • Grade 9: 23,481
  • Grade 8: 99,080
  • Grade 7: 17,342
  • Grade 6: 14,603
  • Grade 5: 13,005

Again, these are 3 years worth of students taking the exam.

 

 

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