Paige is an expert in preparing students for the SSAT and other middle school standardized tests. She will guide your child through the ins and outs of successful test taking strategies for the SSAT, and transform their experience and results with the math sections.  Her coaching engenders a sense in students that they are good test-takers who don’t need to feel intimidated by the pressures standardized tests typically present, with scores to match!

Paige's SSAT coaching curriculum and techniques have a proven 17-year track record of helping students raise their SSAT scores an average of 30++ percentile points on the math section alone.  These remarkable results have helped hundreds of students with a broad range of scores goal get into their first choice of high school with less stress and more ease.  

Her philosophy is that all students can be coached to personal mastery of the SSAT, and that everyone deserves the admissions-enhancing boost an optimized SSAT score can bring.  Moreover, testing well is a life skill worth mastering!  Bolstered by their knowledge of and experience using winning test-taking strategies in middle school, coachees typically go on to approach other standardized and admissions tests with confidence and self-assurance.

SSAT Individual Coaching includes:

• One-on-one private coaching sessions with Paige, with an emphasis on strategy and accountability

• A proven curriculum developed from successfully coaching SSAT-prep students to achieve their maximum performance on test day. Paige's SSAT prep curriculum includes the following:

  • Course syllabus covering the most relevant, score-boosting topics.

  • An effective amount of weekly homework to reinforce lessons.

  • 5 full-length sample practice SSAT tests.

  • A 24-hour action plan for the day and night before the test to ensure success on test day.

  • How to skip questions with confidence and ease. (The SSAT penalizes students for incorrect answers, so randomly guessing is discouraged).

  • 5 winning test-taking strategies for the math sections.

  • 1 full length proctored test at Paige’s office (or online).

• Mid-semester parent-coach check-in and Q&A: Optional 20 minute parent-coach conference via phone about your student, his or her progress and any questions about the SSAT itself or related.

• The benefit of expertise with 8th grade math, through the lens of SSAT math prep, which inevitably translates to your child’s increased mastery and confidence in the classroom.

• The competitive edge and self-esteem boost that students experience when they have attained their personal best on a standardized test.

Paige shares vital SSAT test-taking strategies, covers the entire spectrum of SSAT math content, as well as the verbal and reading comprehension sections, and generates confidence in her students. Best-fit students are looking for an overall strategic test prep experience with an emphasis on the math section, or an exclusive focus on the math section.

Whether your child has an initial score above the 60th percentile and score goals in the 90's to gain an edge with admission into the most elite local and boarding schools, or is starting with SSAT scores under the 35th percentile and wanting to break into the 60th percentile or higher to be competitive, Paige will give your child the best opportunity to maximize their game.  

Logistics:

• Sessions are conducted remotely via Zoom or in-person at Paige’s office in Pacific Heights. Contact paige@paigebarrows.com for in-person session availability for the current semester.

Summer-to-Fall SSAT Mastery Program Structure

• 15 SSAT coaching sessions with Paige

• Prescheduled 55-minute sessions

  • June through October

  • Paige will reschedule up to two sessions during the semester as needed without an additional fee.

Summer-to-Fall Tuition: $3750