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They will accept ELL status as a mitigating factor for your scores, however, not if he scores high on the subject tests but low on the CogAT (which indicates that his English is good enough).

What language does your son speak? They might accept outside testing if it's required for his language and he can get an ELL IEP.

Good luck.

A friend who had her children in both Quest (LWSD) and PRISM (BSD) said she preferred the PRISM program better. She had twins, both very highly gifted, but one was a stronger performer than the other. The stronger performer did well in both settings, but the other one had a better experience in PRISM. With the additional challenge of ELL, I would think Bellevue would be the better choice. Bellevue is now more ethnically diverse than even Seattle.