Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
High School Entrance Exams
Jacqueline Robinson · 1996
38/100
👎 Skip It
This 1996 Arco prep guide was a solid resource for its era, but the SSAT and ISEE formats have changed substantially since then, and no amount of drill-and-practice value survives that kind of obsolescence. Any student preparing today needs a current edition; this one belongs on the shelf of a school library archive, not a prep toolkit.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness35
Craft & writing48
Originality25
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers48
Age-fit38
👁 Human-eye gut-check30
Penny’s verdict38
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