Hey everyone-
You may have heard that we don't get the scores of our Boards for "3-4
weeks" after we take the test. That is the official stance, and
apparently the usual waiting time is about 2 weeks.
Anyway, if you're like me, you're wondering why we can't just get our
scores instantly like the DAT. I called the Department of Testing
Services at the ADA and asked them this very question. The answer is
that the ADA Joint Commission for Licensure has a policy that the only
way to get our scores is through mail. So, Prometric usually gets our
raw scores to the Dept. of Testing Services within a day or so, and it
takes the rest of the time to convert the scores (using a simple table
specific for each test), do some administrative stuff that they aren't
allowed to tell me about, and then mail them to us.
Also, I wanted to confirm that you can't fail a section of the test,
since the questions are all jumbled together. This is confirmed - you
cannot fail a certain section.