This happened to me. I applied to the CA board very close to the deadline. Should have been fine but one of my contact records didn't put in the correct date ranges. I did get a call from CA BPELSG and they told me if I could get the docs corrected and sent in right away they would process it...
Tough exam IMHO. There were definitely some questions that could have gone either way and some problems that I had no idea how to approach. It's a real bummer that there aren't more preparation guides out there for the CSE. That fact alone probably makes this one of the hardest exams out...