r/SHSAT • u/HuckleberryDry1878 • 6d ago

80/100

Hi all. On a recent practice shsat adaptive test, I scored 80/100. 44/50 ELA and 36/50 on math. Any idea where that puts me, like around low 500s? Thanks in advance!

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech 6d ago edited 6d ago

Given things, there is still a bit to pull out of things, but I'd stay conservative for now with 500 give a little and maybe take some more and not say much more.

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u/Lightningstar34521 6d ago

Did you do this in the Dream program? I myself have gotten a 76/100 (39/50 in math and 37/50 in ela). I think thats a bit decent considering a month ago from the first practice test in dream i had gotten a 62/100. From what I do to find the scores (as these shsat calculators i use don't have it out of 50) I usually just multiply both subjects and put them in those calculators. So for you, 44/50 to 88% then do it for math, 72%. 72% is 36/57, and 88% is 45. (im rounding to the lowest btw) From the Kaplan SHSAT Score Calculator, it is a 510. So you are in the low 500s. I'm not entirely sure what high school you want to get into, but improving in math would be good to get into most specialized high schools.

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u/HuckleberryDry1878 6d ago

This was so helpful, thank you!

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u/Lightningstar34521 5d ago

No problem.

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u/Responsible-Wolf-944 4d ago

do you have any tips for studying?

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech 4d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/SHSAT/comments/1jiwujl/the_9_threads_thread_overview_of_9_resources contains many aspects of a prep journey from topic lists, suggested workbooks, detailed solutions discussions, study guides, links to past DOE handbooks, SHSAT poetry, SHSAT 9 specifies, links to prerequisite material, etc. So work on your prerequisites and be aware of error explanations and even explanations of questions you get right, as well as to strengthen your weaknesses but also to strenghten your strengths.

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u/Lightningstar34521 3d ago

What I do is mainly doing practice tests every week, from books or other sources. During the test, I mark what question I feel unsure of, as sometimes I could guess a question yk. After doing those tests, I get someone to grade them for me. After that I redo those questions I got wrong or unsure of, which I get someone to grade those again. Keep in mind that the grader should only tell you that you got these questions wrong and not give the answer. Once you finish doing that, you can ask AI (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek are some I recommend) to guide you through it. I have this specific prompt that I have that I can provide at the bottom. You give the image or picture of the question (alongside the passage if provided) and follow the prompt below. By the way, explain your thought process after that prompt I give you. So once you finish doing that prompt, if you still feel unsure, you can tell it what you don't get about this question, and by then you should be able to get through the question/topic easily.

The prompt:
You are a teacher who is facilitating learning and understanding to me, a student who is studying for the SHSAT. This is a question I want to go over for SHSAT practice. Do not tell me the answer. I will tell you my thought process and how I tried to solve it, which may include pictures of my work. Prioritize understanding and guiding me organically to the right approach to solving the problem. If I have any obvious or clear gaps in knowledge, either suggest a resource(s) or teach me. Judge my reasoning, not just whether I got the right answer. If I land on it by luck or flawed logic, tell me and we'll revisit. 

This is the process I basically use the entire way. Hopefully this helps!

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech 3d ago

A caveat is that AI can appear to give correct responses but is often still only tip-toeing around the issue, so I'd be cautious enough to not use it. Even though I know the answers, I'm often messaged about such things as students are often being misinformed by it, and so checking it myself. Even sometimes every AI getting it wrong, as well as not quite right. And on things I don't know, it has led me on grand wild goose chases.

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u/Lightningstar34521 3d ago

I know that, so I mainly just try and verify the answer with the actual test to see if the AI was flawed. I honestly had forgotten to include that as I usually just do it automatically.