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Following up on yesterday's conversation with @SDB, the Ohio board has a January 20th application deadline for those who failed the October '19 administration and want to retake the exam in the April '20 administration. (The deadline for everyone else is December 20th, just a couple weeks away.) Many other states will have similar deadlines. The member boards are going to be PO'd if they have to push those deadlines back because the results haven't been released for the previous administration.
The results will be out before January 20. In the last eight years, only Pennsylvania has seen a delayed release approaching that date (Oct 2012 and 2014). Super long waits were common prior to the multiple choice era. I don't know how missed registration deadlines were handled back then.

 
@Will.I.Am in OH, you have to re-apply to sit if you fail? In VT, you apply once, the application is good for 2 years (so ~4 exams) and after that, you have to re-apply if you fail but you have to wait 2 years to re-apply. 


Similar in MD, you get three attempts per application.  In the Ohio case it could be that the reapplication date is for those who have hit their timeline/failure limit
It's not a full reapplication. You just have to fill out and sign a form stating that you're retaking the exam on the previously-approved application. I believe you can take it as many times as it takes on a single application, though, at some point, the board will probably want you to appear at a meeting and/or require addition documentation of experience or CE before they grant you additional attempts.

 
I think in PA you can take the test over and over without reapplying... someone please correct me if I am wrong!

 
It's not a full reapplication. You just have to fill out and sign a form stating that you're retaking the exam on the previously-approved application. I believe you can take it as many times as it takes on a single application, though, at some point, the board will probably want you to appear at a meeting and/or require addition documentation of experience or CE before they grant you additional attempts.
Oh, and you have to pay an additional fee, of course. How could I forget about the fee?

 
I think in PA you can take the test over and over without reapplying... someone please correct me if I am wrong!
Correct, our board has informed me my application will remain valid for at least another attempt at the PE exam if I don't pass the first time. I haven't yet had to ask for exactly how long and the number of repeat exam attempts.

 
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Correct, our board has informed me my application will remain valid for at least another attempt at the PE exam if I don't pass the first time. I haven't yet had to ask for exactly how long and the number of repeat exam attempts.
I just took it for my second time. I actually know someone who is on their 6th or more attempt and I don't believe he has had to reapply at all.

 
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