Being accepted into a private school is an intensive process.
If your dream is to have your child attend a private school, making your dream a reality will take preparation and focus.
The private school exam is one of the many hurdles your child must successfully clear in order to receive admission.
  The two most common exams are the SSAT, or Secondary School Admission Test, and the ISEE, the Independent School Entrance Exam.
These tests usually offer several exam dates during the year, with many students electing to take the exams during the late fall.
Both of these tests consist of multiple-choice sections that cover your child's verbal, reading, and math skills.
In addition, there is also an essay requirement, which is passed on to the schools to review directly.
Preparing for these exams is essential.
While it is true that these tests do not cover specific knowledge, but instead engage your child's abilities and skill sets, there is still ways to practice and prepare.
Private schools are notoriously competitive, and they will use any tool at their disposal to weed out what they think of as weaker students.
One of their major criteria is a student's exam scores.
You want your child to do above-average on the test, so they will have more of an advantage compared to their peers.
Start by having your child review the practice questions in each section.
Both the SSAT and the ISEE offer online practice questions.
The next step is to have your child take the practice exam under the time constraints.
This will give them the essential practice in answering the questions and writing the essay in a timed environment.
The best way to have your child succeed on the test is to provide them with additional practice and resources that cater to the exam specifics.
More than likely, your child will have some areas of weakness on the practice exam.
These are the areas to focus on for additional study.
Instead of hiring an expensive private tutor, you can find any reasonable interactive solutions that will help increase your child's score.