Registration Timeline
The GPC Exam occurs year-round. GPC candidates may commence their registration at any time. However, the registration process is time sensitive. That is, candidates must continue to complete registration in a timely manner to remain in the exam queue.
In general, this approach includes a Cohort Model. Candidates who initially register in August, for example, will be approved in September and will take the exam within a six-month exam Eligibility or Examination Window* from September to March. A candidate approved on December 1 could take the exam the following day or at any time within that six-month window.
The timelines below represent the tentative schedule for GPC registration cohorts in 2012 and 2013 as well as the dates for scoring each exam cohort. These are subject to change; any changes will be updated here and on the GPCI™ homepage as they occur.
| 2013 Exam Timeline | |||
| Packet Submission Deadline |
Packet Review Period |
Eligibility Status Notification Date |
6 Month Exam Window |
| January 1 | January 1 – 31 | January 31 | February 1 – July 31 |
| February 1 | February 1 – 28 | February 28 | March 1 – August 31 |
| March 1 | March 1 – 31 | March 31 | April 1 – September 30 |
| April 1 | April 1 – 30 | April 30 | May 1 – October 31 |
| May 1 | May 1 – 31 | May 31 | June 1 – November 30 |
| June 1 | June 1 – 30 | June 30 | July 1 – December 31 |
| July 1 | July 1 – 31 | July 31 | August 1 – January 31 |
| August 1 | August 1 – 31 | August 31 | September 1 – February 28 |
| September 1 | September 1 – 30 | September 30 | October 1 – March 31 |
| October 1 | October 1 – 31 | October 31 | November 1 – April 30 |
| November 1 | November 1 – 30 | November 30 | December 1 – May 31 |
| December 1 | December 1 – 31 | December 31 | January 1 – June 30 |
| Scoring 2013 Exams | |
| Exams Taken | Results Provided |
| January | February 28 |
| February | March 31 |
| March | April 30 |
| April | May 31 |
| May | June 30 |
| June | July 31 |
| July | August 31 |
| August | September 30 |
| September | October 31 |
| October | November 30 |
| November | December 31 |
| December | January 31 |
When will I know if I passed?
Exams are scored and candidates are notified by the end of the month following the month in which the exam was taken. Example 1: Exam taken on February 1 – notified of result by March 31. Example 2: Exam taken on February 28 – notified of result by March 31.
Shortest possible time in process: 3 months
Candidate submits a packet on January 1; packet review period is January 1 – 31; approved by January 31; candidate schedules then takes exam in February; scoring completed and candidate notified by March 31.
Longest possible time in process: 9 months
Candidate submits a packet on January 2; packet review period is February 1 – 28; approved by February 28; candidate schedules then takes exam in August; scoring completed and candidate notified by September 30.