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My two six year-olds were accepted with IQ tests and portfolios, so acceptance with a portfolio certainly is possible.

I had videos of each child reading and discussing advanced material. One of my children read at an exceedingly advanced level, so I included several videos of him reading and discussing material.

I had videos of my daughter doing advanced math problems.

I had videos of my children explaining an advanced science concept. I also included a little video of them playing chess.

I also included math worksheets that they did specifically for the application. I divided it into computations, like long division, and problem-solving.

I did find Davidson very responsive when I sent questions asking what to include in the portfolio. I would encourage you to ask them about specific ideas.

You probably can discern that I wasn't one of those people who did the application and portfolio in an hour. I tried to present our strongest case first, which isn't a view that seems to be widely held here.