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    To answer the original question, yes, I'd totally have him tested. You'll just drive yourself batty wondering, if you don't. But make sure you find a tester who has experience with highly gifted children. FWIW, though, keep in mind that test scores at age 5 might or might not be totally solid. My DD's tests around age 5 were firmly in the moderately gifted range even though she was a little uncooperative, which seemed totally satisfactory at the time. Her scores at 8 were considerably higher and explained a lot about her hyperachivement.

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    Originally Posted by dynasty
    I do not consider myself gifted....I took an IQ test in my early 20's that put me into the low 130's (WISC-IV)....The score puts me around the 98 percentile which is about where I would have placed myself- not a level I would consider "gifted".
    Just so you know, a score in the low 130s on the WISC-IV is considered to be in the gifted / moderately gifted range. Here is a good reference from the Hoagies site that explains the terms a bit.

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    Sorry for the thread necro, but I finally have something new to add here (had him tested in the WISC-V today). When I made the original post on here, my son was finishing up kindergarten and had not yet started first grade. In the past 15 months, he's finished first grade at the local public school and had a great time with it and made a lot of friends. Even though we knew that he would be under-challenged on certain tasks, it still felt meaningful to have him there in developing social skills and ability to work in a classroom structure.

    Throughout the year, I continued to supplement his learning by teaching him math and it seems like the sky is the limit here. I will only do this about twice a week at 30-45 minute sessions and he just consumes the new material at speeds I would not expect a 7 year old to. Our most recent topic was solving a two variable, two equation system by elimination and this will be followed by the subsitution method. Reading wise, he is at about a fifth grade level, most recently completing the first two books of the Harry Potter series. In addition to more challenging reads, he also enjoys reading the Magic Treehouse series. I bought a 28 book boxed set that he finished in a few weeks.

    Today I took him to get tested and apparently he did fairly well. The doc still has to send me a digital copy of the results, but from my recollection, it was an overall IQ of 147. There were 5 sub-scores (most of which I don't remember the names of), but his highest was a 151 in fluid reasoning, with three other sub-scores in the mid 140's range and a fifth score at 125. If this qualifies him for the Davidson Institute (which the doc actually mentioned) but I don't play on moving him to Nevada just to attend the school, is there still much to be gained for us looking into the institute? I haven't looked into what the Institute has the offer outside of its actual campus, but seems like there's a lot?

    Thanks in advance for the advice.

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    Dynasty, I had to respond because it sounds like we have similar little boys. My DS7 received very similar scores when we tested him this spring (he'll start second grade in a few weeks). Math is his strongest area too, although I've only introduced him to 4th/5th grade material. He loves the idea of algebra though! We were just accepted into DYS and I applied mostly for the community (online probably) and the access to educational consultants that would really understand my kid. We'll probably never go to Nevada as we live on the east coast, but the other two resources were reason enough for us to apply.

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    Originally Posted by mom2R&R
    Dynasty, I had to respond because it sounds like we have similar little boys. My DS7 received very similar scores when we tested him this spring (he'll start second grade in a few weeks). Math is his strongest area too, although I've only introduced him to 4th/5th grade material. He loves the idea of algebra though! We were just accepted into DYS and I applied mostly for the community (online probably) and the access to educational consultants that would really understand my kid. We'll probably never go to Nevada as we live on the east coast, but the other two resources were reason enough for us to apply.

    Thank you for the response mom2R&R!

    From what you've seen so far, what kind of access can we expect from the "educational consultants"? Is there costs associated with this?

    Once DS's official digital results come in, I will most likely send in an application as well.

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    Originally Posted by dynasty
    If this qualifies him for the Davidson Institute (which the doc actually mentioned) but I don't play on moving him to Nevada just to attend the school, is there still much to be gained for us looking into the institute?
    I think you're thinking of the Academy. The Institute is the organization that supports a variety of programs, one of which is the Academy in NV. One of the other major programs it supports is the Young Scholars program, which you should (in my opinion) most definitely apply to. It's free, you can live anywhere in the U.S., and the benefits can be really helpful. More details can be found here: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Young-Scholars

    Regardless, those are really strong scores. Congratulations!

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    Originally Posted by George C
    Originally Posted by dynasty
    If this qualifies him for the Davidson Institute (which the doc actually mentioned) but I don't play on moving him to Nevada just to attend the school, is there still much to be gained for us looking into the institute?
    I think you're thinking of the Academy. The Institute is the organization that supports a variety of programs, one of which is the Academy in NV. One of the other major programs it supports is the Young Scholars program, which you should (in my opinion) most definitely apply to. It's free, you can live anywhere in the U.S., and the benefits can be really helpful. More details can be found here: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Young-Scholars

    Regardless, those are really strong scores. Congratulations!

    Thanks for the clarification George! I'll certainly be looking into the young scholars program.

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    Originally Posted by dynasty
    I'll certainly be looking into the young scholars program.
    In addition to the great information at the link which George shared, here is an old discussion thread which may be of interest: What have you gotten from Young Scholars Program?.

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    Originally Posted by indigo
    Originally Posted by dynasty
    I'll certainly be looking into the young scholars program.
    In addition to the great information at the link which George shared, here is an old discussion thread which may be of interest: What have you gotten from Young Scholars Program?.

    Appreciate the link indigo. I did get a chance to read through it, just haven't returned to the forum since my last post!

    After navigating the Davidson site, I finally figured out everything I needed to do to apply my DS7 to the Young Scholars program. We received an acceptance email a few weeks ago and are now in the process of combing through all the new access we have now to the site. Seems like they have a one week summer program for 8-12 year olds called STARS that we may register for.

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