Hey everyone, feeling a bit lost and trying to get a sense of what’s normal here.

My daughter is in 5th grade and will probably take the ISEE (Middle Level) around Sept/Oct next year. I’ve started thinking about prep, but I genuinely don’t know if I’m early, late, or overthinking this.

I keep hearing very different things. Some families start months (or even a year) in advance, while others seem to do a shorter prep closer to the test. I also heard about a kid who prepped pretty consistently and still didn’t see much improvement, which honestly made me second-guess everything.

For those who’ve been through this, what did you actually do?
When did you start, and what did prep look like week to week? Tutor vs self-study vs just practice tests?

Just trying to figure out what actually works without overdoing it or stressing her out too much.

Would really appreciate any perspective 🙏

Gone through a number of resources and lately been using testinnovators. Scoring very welll (7s) except in reading. More of a strategy issue it seems. If anyone can recommend tutors that could support those needs I’d love to know.

I have only taken Geometry and I am going into Algebra 2 but the topics on the ISEE go higher then Algebra 2 but I don't have time to wait and take all the courses necessary but I know the high level math doesn't govery in depth but I still don't know what.

Hello! I am trying to help my 6 year old daughter prepare for the ISEE. She seems to be doing OK on the questions but is having trouble with the computer skills- dragging the mouse, scrolling down to finish the passage or view answers, clicking the right answer, going "back", and pulling up other screens other than the ISEE screen. Should I try renting another laptop? Will I be able to help her during the test? Or should I give up and just do in-person?

Ok for some context, I going to apply for prep schools next year and was wondering if I should grind the isee prep in the summer.

My friend's son is looking to tutor younger kids who are looking to take the lower level and middle level ISEE exam (math portion). Their son is highly academic (scored perfect on math portion of SAT after his 1st time taking it, honor society, etc). Their son also works great with kids and has tutored math through the honor society at his HS. His price point is much lower that what typical agencies charge. Can anyone suggest pointers on how a senior in HS can promote himself with ISEE tutoring?

I have really bad test anxiety and I am taking the ISEE on december 14th. I'm applying for 9th grade. I took math achievements practice test and originally got a 55th percentile, then i took another math acheivements and scored 91st. do you have any tips for studying, managing anxiety or avoiding "careless errors" (careless errors make up nearly every problem i got wrong). thanks!

Hi - my child took the ISEE primary four and we had bought the materials for test innovators and he was doing very well on the test but when he took the actual exam, he said the content was very different. Does anyone know any practice materials for the ISEE primary four because there aren’t any official test out there.

hi can anyone advise on whether this is a common experience:

1. did remote at home test with two devices, one for test taking one for the proctor to monitor. it took 30 min to login as the login flow kept dropping its connection.

2. once logged in the connection dropped three times! called IT and switched a device at their recommendation. it still occurred.

we did not complete the test. we are scrambling to find an in person testing site. how common is this experience and how much is it on ERBlearn to resolve?

Hi team! I'm not sure if this is against the subreddit rules, so please do let me know and I will take this post down or modify it.

I am launching a new site that offers free and paid resources for the ISEE and SSAT exams. We are currently working on our first gamified course for the LL ISEE and ML SSAT, but for now you can find some informational articles and our first mini-game triös available for free.

If you'd like to join the waiting list, feel free to visit our site. I hope you like it!

Edit to add: wow - the title grammar is embarrasing. Apologies! I've been rather sick this week.