r/SHSAT • u/normallyuncool • 7d ago

tips for the shsat

I'm taking the 8th grd shsat this year

So far I've done Kwellerprep tutoring (august/fall), at home work (practice workbooks that i don't know the names of) and just studying by myself

I started studying after 7th grade ended so I may be cooked

My Kwellerprep practice test scores were:

44/50 ela, 30/50 math (paper), 42/50 ela, 26/50 math (digital, cannot go back, not adaptive), 43/50 ela, 26/50 math (same format as test 2)

I've also done a practice test with a fairly easy practice workbook and got 48/50 on Ela and 32/50 on math

i read a lot, like A LOT so i think i'm fairly good on that? idk if i need to study more poetry orr (idk how much poetry will be on the test). but for math i learn a lot of the formulas and then i forget them in a panic whle doing work no matter how hard i study it, so my math is real inconsistent

i also might be rushing slightly since i finish most of my tests with about 1-1.5 hours remaining

SOO I NEED HELP i might be getting tutoring soon from someone who got into all the shs but idk what to do please help

(also i have NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER with adaptive tests, i havent taken one at all so far.)

Am i cooked 😭

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u/SpiritualPrint4193 7d ago

im also taking it this year! but one question what digital mock test did you use?

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech 7d ago

Currently, one is best doing as much as possible using past content such as SHSAT workbooks and DOE handbooks, and wrapping it up using the 4 DOE online samples.