Hi guys, just wanted to post a quick summary of my challenge experience so future challengers get a jist of the process.
So about 5 weeks after taking the compounding exam, results are mailed via snail mail. Your score and pass/fail status is reported. I also heard that even before opening the envelope you can know, if you have a thin envelope (1 piece of paper in there) you passed and if you have a few sheets of paper, you failed. If unfortunately, you failed. theres instructions and dates on how to either challenge your score personally or simply have someone rescore your exam without you needing to be there. also included in letter as well as a form to send to castle again to reapply.
For the challenge,we werent able to bring in any electronics (laptops) except for the calculator. No loose papers either. Binders were allowed tho so i just hole punched everything i needed and put it in a binder. I also saw some rx prep/ kaplan/ apha books at the review. We were alloted 2 hours to review our exam and write up any challenges we thought were valid. They didnt say there was a limit on the number of challenges you can make but they really emphasized not making challenges unless your point was valid definately.
Afterward, I didn't get any updates about the challenge from the board but I did see my name updated on the pharmacy license verification website (i had passed the naplex and mpje a while ago already) a bit more than a month later.
Some tips after the whole process;
-try to remember what you got wrong so you can bring more notes about that question to the review
-THeres no limit on the amount of reference books you can bring, as long as you can carry it.
-Go for the review, you dont have to make a challenge, its good to at least know what you got wrong
-if you dont get your score from castle, call them! I had to wait forever for mine after everyone else got theirs because snail mail is unreliable
Hope this was helpful, pm or reply here if theres any questions :][/QU
By how many points did u lose initially.coz I lost by 3 and reviewed it 2 weeks ago