TX G Mom - Wow, thanks for sharing your experience. This does give us a glimmer of hope
Although, I am not raising our hopes too high.
His Explore scores are as follows:
English - 21 (missed 4 on rhetorical) 87%
Reading - 25 100%
Math - 18 83%
Science - 14 11%
Composite - 20 92%
According to DYS site, Composite, Reading and Math scores qualify.
My DD was accepted into DYS with achievement scores and a portfolio. We did submit reference letters from her teachers, along with school testing scores and work samples. (Helpful Hint: We also requested test scores from our entire school district under the Open Records Act. We actually found that DD was performing better than 1 in 1,000 students that were a year or two older than she was!)
If the EXPLORE results are really strong, you should submit those too.
Bottom line, it is possible to qualify with achievement scores. Good luck!
