I just took my first DANTES test (on paper) yesterday. Does anyone know how long it takes to get the results back on these?
Thanks! I know that most of the documentation says 4 weeks, but that seemed excessively long to grade a bubble-sheet type of test!
I took my first in mid-Dec and am still waiting for the results. However, they may have been inactive over the holidays, don't know.
Still waiting.... Been a while since this was last posted. Guitarmark, did you finally get results and if so, how long did it take? I took my test Jan 6 (4+ weeks ago) and I still don't have results.
Re: Thanks! The company that administers these exams has almost no competition--and very little incentive to spend the money necessary to be prompt.
Re: Still waiting.... I'd think you get your tests very soon. I believe my tests were sent to Dantes the beginning of January, and I recieved my results about 2 weeks ago. If you paid by credit card, check to see if it's charged, both times I took Dantes, my grades came about 1 week after the date my card was charged.
There seemed to be a delay over Christmas, because I got results of exams taken a few days pre-Christmas and a few days post-Christmas within a day of each other. I received the results of another DANTES taken in early Jan within 3 weeks. 3 weeks seems to be the norm, excepting holiday periods. While it's not the instant gratification of computer-based CLEP exams it's still nice to get good news in the mail Cheers, Mark
Thanks for your input. Unfortunately, I paid by money order, so I can't judge by that. I've been anxiously watching my mailbox and it's driving me crazy!
If you have a good relationship with the person who proctored the exam they may be able to call up and find out the result over the phone if available. This was offered to me when I was waiting for my initial results. Worth a shot...
I took my first DANTES on 23 Dec. I am still waiting for my score. I finally called DANTES on 6 Feb. After looking me up on the computer, the lady put me on hold for several minutes. When she came back, she said she would have to call me back later. About an hour later, she called to tell me that my results were mailed on 5 Feb. From what transpired, I suspect that my results were in a pile somewhere and they had to go find them. Telling me that my results were mailed the day before sounds fishy, too. They probably mailed it right after I talked to them. In any case, I am still waiting for something in the mail. I have four more DANTES to take. Because of the paper delay, I have already scheduled them for the coming month. Afterwards, I have six ECE exams. Hopefully my DANTES scores will be in by the time I finish the ECE (computer graded) exams. That's the plan, anyway.
I got my dantes score from the January 15 test on February 9th. I passed with a 64, the school got the grade the same day. Halleluyah!!!!!!
Finally got it It finally came in the mail today. I scored a 76, which is another "A". This exam was Management Information Systems (upper level). I know that patience is a virtue, but I sure do like the instant gratification that comes with a computerized exam. Waiting on this single DANTES score has been knawing at me for months.
GRRRRRRR On 2/9, I got the results from the test that I took on 1/21. I still haven't gotten the results from the test taken 1/6, so I called them. The lady also put me on hold for several minutes and then told me that they were mailed yesterday......sounds like we have a pattern here! Anyway, she did mention that my lable was not included, so my copy was sent to the school. Actually, Sally from DANTES called my testing center to get my address after it arrived there because they noticed the label missing at that time. Regardless, I still don't know if I passed and it's driving me CRAZY!!!
Dantes I've taken four of these tests and they varied depending on the testing center. One of these centers bulked their tests and sent them out at week's end, so it was usually and average of one month for me.