You got an e-mail saying the the official background check was completed? Or just the one saying your card is going to be charged X amount of dollars?? I got the e-mail saying my card is going to be charged an amount but we are also supposed to get an e-mail afterwards stating our background check is completed and to review our results before they are forwarded to the schools. I submitted mine last Monday but still nothing (but maybe it will take longer since I had to fax military documents)
Yes--within 24 hours, I got an e-mail that my report was "complete" and ready to be reviewed through the portal. I submitted the first day it was available.
However, when I log into my portal, it says that the "automatic release date" is 12/15/13... which is today. So I guess this must be the first day they were released.
Edit: After looking more through the portal screen, it looks like I could have opted to MANUALLY release my background check earlier via step 2. I didn't see this, as all I did was log on and look at the results, but oh well. It is automatically released 10 days after it is procured. I didn't get an e-mail about it being released, though... at least not yet.
From the ADEA:
Q: What is the background check process?
A: Once accepted at a participating dental school, Certiphi® Screening, Inc. will send an email to the preferred email address entered in the ADEA CAAPID application. This email will provide you with access to a secure online form which you will provide basic identifying information and consent for this report to be procured. Your consent will serve for all dental schools, and you will not be asked to provide consent upon receiving additional, conditional acceptance offers by participating dental schools.
Once you have provided consent Certiphi® Screening, Inc will procure a national background check on you. Once the report is complete, Certiphi® Screening Inc. will send an email to your preferred email address requesting that you review the report prior to its distribution. Upon reviewing this email:
- You will have (10) calendar days from the date this email is sent to review your report prior to this report being made available to the participating dental schools who request this report. If you do not review this report, the report will be distributed after this period elapses.
- You will be provided with an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the contents of the report within the specified ten (10) calendar day period.
Once you have reviewed and released this report, or after the specified ten (10) calendar day period has elapsed, the report procured on you will be made available to the participating dental school who offered an acceptance and initiated the request for this report.