4 years ago DS took the WISC-IV and The WIAT II. His WIAT II scores meet the DYS requirements but his WISC IV don't (but he is a number guy not a words/verbal guy and I've always believe his score was low). He has since tav . fg+-+9 ken the Explore test twice and the ACT twice and always meets and exceeds their minimum requirements.
Should I send all the scores (meaning two sets of Explore, and 2 sets of ACT as well as the individual scores) or should I just send the last two years of scores? Should I send the individual scores at all since one of them doesn't meet the requirements?
Also what did you use for recommendations?. I homeschool and he has never taken outside classes so he doesn't have other teachers to evaluate him. When I asked Davidson about it they said family friends(but not relatives) are fine but when I look at the questions I would feel weird asking them to answer those questions. When we get together the parents talk and the kids run off and play games. I certainly don't know any of their kids well enough to evaluate them on that level and I don't see where they would know mine that well. They've heard stories that I've shared but that's not the same as witnessing the kids doing it.
The only adults he really interact with regularly are his religious instructors but they aren't working on any academic topics where they would really see him shine.
His most recent test scores are really strong (he is in 6th and meets the requirement for 7th, 8th, and 9th graders). Are his tests scores enough to get accepted or is there a lot of weight put on the recommendations?
I applied four years ago and was denied (I presume due to the not quite there WISC-IV score or maybe the lack of strong recommendations then too) and so I'm paranoid about going through all this effort and not make it again.
Thanks for your thoughts
Stephanie
