This is a quick article, which I'll share for transparency and to provide a data point.
My daughter took the SSAT Upper Level test (paper format) on Saturday, November 15th.
We saw her results on the evening of Wednesday, November 26th (11 days after the test). The results may very well have been ready on Tuesday—which coincides with the "10 days" I've seen reported online; but since we did not pay for the service that notifies parents immediately when results are published, we can't be sure about exactly when her results were released.
SSAT Results
Total Score: 2316 / 2400 (97th percentile)
Verbal: 794 / 800 (98th percentile) - 4 incorrect / 1 not answered
Quantitative: 800 / 800 (99th percentile) - 2 incorrect / 1 not answered
Reading Comprehension: 722 / 800 (90th percentile) - 5 incorrect / 1 not answered
What My Daughter Recalls About the SSAT
- After the test, she said it all felt like a blur; and that the actual test ended up feeling neither harder nor easier than the Test Innovator or Official SSAT practice ones she'd taken
- Out of all the many new words we studied, she said one showed up (and as you can see from the five verbal questions she got wrong/did not answer, there were still a handful of net new words we did not come across or studied)
- Directly coming out of the test, she felt like she got a ton wrong (and percentage wise, I mean, she's not completely wrong)
- Ironically, she's always done best on Reading Comprehension, and coming out of the test, felt most confident about that section
Will My Daughter Retake the Test
- With the pressure off, she may want to take the test—almost for fun—to see if she could score better on Reading Comprehension while keeping her Verbal and Math scores steady. But it'd be difficult to justify the cost and time
- So said with almost complete certainty, she will not be retaking the test; and we feel fortunate to be in this position, and are glad this bit is behind us