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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP captures it well here.  Bottom line is that the ISEEE is more similar to other standarized tests our young kids are given, testing what they have been taught/what they know, and is designed for younger children.  The SSAT is most similar to the SAT and designed for older kids and tests apititude and reasoning ability not just what information you have retained.  The SSAT is a very challenging test for most kids (except the few who naturally think in this style) and truly requires the same kind of prep that everyone does for the SAT because it is so strategy based.  [b]Sending your kid in to take it is cruel and stupid since so few kids do it that way.[/b]  My suspision, the SSAT is specifically designed for use by applicants to top private schools, they are the only ones who use it.  That cohort has money so its a test designed to extract money for the testing industry.  Of course, that screws those who cant afford expensive prep but want to get their kids a top notch private education.  [/quote]

Cruel and stupid seems a tad on the melodramatic side. [/quote]

My kid will be 5th grad in the Fall. We are about to start the preparation in a couple of weeks in order to apply 6th grad in Oct. From what I read, now I prefer to take ISEEE. Could you please tell me which level of ISEEE she should take? Can you recommend good but less expensive tutor in this area? [/quote]

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