The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is a test administered to students in grades 5 to 11 who will be applying for admissions into independent or private junior high and high schools. The SSAT measures the student’s ability to solve problems in Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Verbal sections.

The test is administered on two levels: the Lower level for students in grades 5-7 and the Upper level for students in grades 8-11.For grades 5-7 scores in each section range from 440-710.The scores for each of the sections are added together for the composite score, with 2130 being a perfect SSAT score. Scores for the upper level in each section range from 500-800 and the perfect composite score is 2400.

SSAT consists of two parts: a brief essay and a multiple choice test. SSAT is 2 hours and 35 minutes long and consists of five sections.

SECTION	TIME
Writing Sample	25 minutes
Verbal	30 minutes
Quantitative	30 minutes
Quantitative	30 minutes
Reading Section	40 minutes

The test is administered in English, written by students in the United States and Canada.

ADMISSION CALANDER:

You can take SSAT on all eight national or five international test dates, but you may test only once with an educational consultant. SSAT are given eight times a year all over the United States, Canada and a few international locations in January, February, March, April, June, October, November and December.

Dates for SSAT exams for 2007-08:National Test Dates:

DATES	LAST DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTERATION
October 13, 2007*	September 28
November 10, 2007	October 26
December 8, 2007	November 23
January 12, 2008	December 28
February 9, 2008*	January 25
March 8, 2008	February 22
April 12, 2008	March 28
June 14, 2008*	May 30

International Test dates:

DATES	LAST DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTERATION
November 10, 2007	October 19
December 8, 2007	November 16
January 12, 2008	December 21
March 8, 2008	February 15
April 12, 2008	March 21

 Sunday Test dates:

DATES	LAST DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTERATION
October 14, 2007	September 21
November 11, 2007	October 19
December 9, 2007	November 16
January 13, 2008	December 21
February 10, 2008	January 18
March 9, 2008	February 15
April 13, 2008	March 21
June 15, 2008	May 23

How is SSAT organized?
SSAT is broadly divided into five main sections namely Writing Sample, two Quantitative (Math) sections, Verbal and Reading Comprehension. The Writing Sample segment is 25 minutes long. The verbal and two Math sections are 30 minutes each. And Reading Comprehension section is 30 minutes.

TIME	SUBJECT	NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
25minutes	Writing Sample	1 essay
30 minutes	Verbal	30 synonym, 30 analogy questions
30 minutes	Quantitative Math	25 questions on arithmetic, pre-algebra, basic geometry, and mathematical reasoning
30 minutes	Quantitative Math	25 questions on algebra
30minutes	Reading Comprehension	40 questions, based on 6-7 passages

* Have questions? See Frequently Asked Questions.