Short answer
Before assuming a problem, confirm three things: that you are looking at the right date for your exact exam, that the release time or timing window has fully passed, and that nothing on your account is holding the score back.
Check these first
- The right date. Many exams have more than one release date in a season. Your MCAT date depends on your test date. Your CPA Core date depends on when AICPA received your exam data. Your CFA estimate depends on when your exam window closed. Looking at a neighbor's date is the most common reason a score seems late.
- The full time or window. LSAT scores arrive at 9 a.m. ET and MCAT scores by 5 p.m. ET. Timing rules such as "within 5 to 9 weeks" are not late until the end of the range. Our guide to release times by exam lists each one.
- Your account. Log in to the organization's portal instead of waiting for an email, and check your spam folder. Look for holds, missing documents or unpaid fees.
- Official announcements. Organizations announce delays on their own sites. Our update log records every date change we find.
What each organization says
CPA Exam
AICPA's dates are targets that can change, and a Core score cannot be scored until AICPA receives your exam file from Prometric. NASBA says a delayed score is not a sign of a problem with your exam.
What to check: Match your exam to the right target date: a file received after a deadline moves to the next date. If it is well past the date, contact NASBA or your state board.
LSAT
Scores are released at 9 a.m. ET, but only if you have an approved writing sample on file and no holds on your account.
What to check: Log in to your LSAC account and look for a missing writing sample or a hold. Writing samples can take up to three weeks to process.
MCAT
Scores are released by 5 p.m. ET on the release date for your test date, and AAMC emails you.
What to check: Confirm the release date for your exact test date, and wait until 5 p.m. ET before treating it as late.
NCLEX
Official results come only from your nursing board, within six weeks. NCLEX asks candidates not to call NCSBN, Pearson or test centers for results.
What to check: Quick Results only exist if your board takes part. Otherwise the board's six week limit is the one that applies.
USMLE
Results are typically ready within four weeks, and USMLE advises allowing at least eight. It does not speed up results for anyone.
What to check: A result at five or six weeks is still within USMLE's own planning window. The email comes from the organization that registered you.
CFA
Results arrive within 5 to 9 weeks after the exam window closes, by email.
What to check: Count from the last day of the window, not your own test day. Check whether CFA Institute announced a specific date.
MPRE
Scores are typically released within five weeks of the exam, on the Score Services page of your NCBE account.
What to check: "Typically" means five weeks is usual, not guaranteed. Check Score Services directly.
GRE General Test
Official scores reach your ETS account 8 to 10 days after the test, and ETS emails you.
What to check: Check your ETS account, not only your inbox, once 10 days have passed.
FE and PE
Results are typically available within 7 to 10 business days for most US jurisdictions. Some locations outside the US take about 8 to 10 weeks.
What to check: Count business days, not calendar days, and skip holidays. PE Structural depth results take 10 to 13 weeks.
Bar exam
Each jurisdiction's board sets its own date and releases results through its own portal.
What to check: Check your board's official page. If no date has been announced, there is no date to be late against.
When and who to contact
Contact the organization only after the published date, time or window has fully passed and your account shows nothing unusual. Go to the body that actually releases the result:
- For CPA scores, NASBA or your state board of accountancy.
- For NCLEX, your nursing board, not the test center.
- For bar results, the board of bar examiners in your jurisdiction.
- For the LSAT, MCAT, GRE, CFA, MPRE, FE and PE, the organization that gave the exam, through its candidate support page.
Official sources
Every fact in this guide comes from these pages, checked on the update date above.
- AICPA: Find out when you'll get your CPA Exam score (opens in a new tab)
- NASBA: CPA Exam score information (opens in a new tab)
- LSAC: Frequently asked questions about the LSAT (opens in a new tab)
- LSAC: LSAT Argumentative Writing FAQ (opens in a new tab)
- AAMC: The MCAT scoring process (opens in a new tab)
- NCLEX: Results (opens in a new tab)
- USMLE: Examination results and scoring (opens in a new tab)
- CFA Institute: Exam results (opens in a new tab)
- NCBE: MPRE scores (opens in a new tab)
- ETS: Getting your GRE General Test scores (opens in a new tab)
- NCEES: FE exam (opens in a new tab)
- NCEES: PE exam (opens in a new tab)
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