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    Yikes! Oh, that would be SO unfortunate, for everyone. (Tester included!)

    Yes, here's hoping!


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    Kriston, Sheryl here. It's wonderful to hear of your DS6's scores; you must be thrilled! I send you my best wishes and a dose of patience in working through the application process. Mine took quite some time to put together - it was a real project (certainly it took a good deal of thought and gathering of resources) - but I am still as happy with what I wrote today as when I sent it in. Take the time - it's worth it! My son was selected as a 2008 DYS just this month. Good luck!

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    Oh, yay, Kriston! And you were so worried ... can I say, I told you so? laugh

    Very, very best of luck with DYS -- I'm hoping for a big fat acceptance letter for your ds!


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    Thanks, Mia. I'm sending you a PM...


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    Good luck Kriston!!!!!!!!!!

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    Hi. I don't know if they reject children with qualifying scores but I can tell you that for my son, who has qualifying scores, we were sent a letter asking for work samples displaying 2-3 grade levels above his age peers. My son just turned seven last week. So, they may still ask for more. Or they may not, I don't know why they wanted more from us. I am a bit surprised and am not sure how to display this with a first grader!:-) Good luck to you.

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    Thanks, tdha. I'll try to keep in mind that my answers should show that he's working significantly above grade level. That's very helpful!


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    Roll call, sound off!

    If I may ask, who else is applying to DYS in February?

    Our application goes in the mail tomorrow--sent via expensive 2-day mail because I couldn't get the WISC testers' report until then! We'll meet her at 1 p.m. and race over to the post office at 1:30.

    Good luck to all applying! laugh


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    I wish I was putting ours in the mail tomorrow. I am hoping to make the March deadline. These questions are just taking me lots of time to answer and last week was a 80+ hour work week. I think that's a good enough excuse.

    Good luck to you and your son, Kriston!


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    No excuses necessary, crisc! The application is huge!

    I had answered a lot of these questions for my tester, so I was ahead of the game there. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd be making the February deadline.


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