/01
“Preparation started before anyone checked what the schools require.”
Which test, which level
ISEE and SSAT differ in scoring and in structure, and each has three levels. Getting this wrong costs a month of the wrong practice.
ISEE & SSAT tutors
96
ISEE & SSAT tutors on Saal
$50/hr
Lowest rate anyone charges
Scored as a percentile against the applicant pool. Next national date November 15.
Admissions tests for private and independent schools, sat by children young enough that how the preparation feels matters as much as what it covers.
ElementaryMiddle
What you’ll work on
Five things people say before they book.
One of them is usually the reason. The topic underneath is what a tutor would put the first month into.
/02
“Vocabulary is being learned twenty words at a time from a printout.”
Verbal reasoning
Synonyms and analogies, built on word roots and families rather than on a list, because the tested vocabulary is wider than any list.
/03
“The arithmetic is right and the comparison questions are guesses.”
Quantitative reasoning
Including quantitative comparison, which most children have never seen before and which rewards a specific approach.
/04
“The passages are understood and there is no time left to answer.”
Reading comprehension
Passages above grade level, read for evidence, at a pace that leaves time for the questions.
/05
“Nobody has mentioned the essay because it does not carry a score.”
The essay
Unscored, sent to the schools, and read. Structure and handwriting practised until thirty minutes is comfortably enough.
None of them quite it?
Bring the syllabus, the textbook or the last score report to a first lesson. Every ISEE & SSAT tutor here plans against what you actually have, not against a standard course.
How a first lesson is runWho teaches it
ISEE & SSAT, taught by 2 of these 96.
In whichever order you find useful. Thirty minutes with any of them is free, so meeting two before you choose costs nothing but the evening.
What it costs
Priced by level, not by subject.
Tutors set their own rate and Saal adds nothing on top of it. These are the bands they set it inside, the same in every subject, and the lowest anyone charges to teach ISEE & SSAT is $50/hr.
Move or cancel any lesson up to twelve hours ahead at no charge, and the card is charged the morning after a lesson happens. Packages and refunds.
Your first thirty minutes
Thirty free minutes, and this is what they are for.
01
Confirm the test and level
Bring the school's admissions page. This takes five minutes and it prevents the most expensive mistake here.
The terms, in full
- Free
- 30 minutes
- No card asked for
02
Try one section untimed
Usually verbal. At this age the tutor is also watching how the child handles being stuck.
It will be one of these five
- Which test, which level
- Verbal reasoning
- Quantitative reasoning
- Reading comprehension
- The essay
Questions
What people ask before they book.
Nearby
Where people go next.
The rest of Test prep first, then whatever else is taught at the same levels.
All sixteen subjects