Took the test on 6-6-15 and got results back on 8-11-15. Now that was pretty darn fast - I expected to hear results much later this year. And I did better than expected - 81, so that was nice. Now I need to get judging.
Congratulations!
Congrats! Well done!
That’s really the target all the grading teams should aspire to. Congrats! Hopefully you’ve already been judging. There is no better way to improve your judging skills than by judging.
How about just a “Thanks graders, ADs, and EDs!”? :
OP- great score. Congrats! Do you think you’ll take the written at some point?
I agree on the thanks to the proctors, graders, AD’s, ED’s and my class and presenter for their efforts (most of whom I have already thanked directly!
I hadn’t given the written a thought before, but now it looks like there is no reason not to give it a try. At least 3 others in the group scored an 82, so maybe all will give it a try. I assume there is room for more judges at higher ranks, right?
Do it. Do it! DO IT! ;D
But seriously, there is plenty of room here - especially if you’re wanting to help out! 
Go for it- The more, the merrier
Because what I mean is ‘that’s really the target all the grading teams should aspire to’. Not sure what exactly is eyeroll worthy about that.
As a grader, it becomes quite old to hear time and time again that graders need to do “x” or “y”. It is a very thankless job, all the while listening to the peanut gallery about how and when it should be done. Meanwhile, I chugged away at another exam on my lunch hour… hence the eye roll.
I took the test with ynotbrusum and agree with his comments. It was thrilling to see the results earlier this week, especially since we were not expecting to hear anything until at least Halloween!
Thank you to the graders and to everyone involved in the bjcp exam program - it is an excellent way to learn more about beer than I ever expected. Now we just need to convince or inductor to put on a class for the written exam!
I will be looking for my 6/20/15 results now!
Still doesn’t make sense to me. I aspire to be a grader as soon as feasible. I also aspire to eventually be a master judge. When I eventually do become a grader, yes, I will aspire to keep that same standard. I already do plenty of thankless jobs, including the double upgrade I’ve been running today (both our SAN platform and CRM platform) without a lunch hour. I’m still not going to roll my eyes at you.
It wasn’t meant “at” you. It was a general feeling at the comments made towards graders, that’s all.
I graded my first exam in 2004, you kids were still wearing diapers so play nice.
On a more serious note, I once had a full legacy type exam which took me 6 months to grade. It was a really large set from OZ and so all the units were funky in the recipe question and with it being a large set finding a chunk of time to sit down and do it all was difficult. At that time the lead grader duties took about 5 hours per examinee. I’m not proud that it took so long, but I do understand what it takes and can also understand when life happens.
Back to the OP - congrats on the score…now get to judging.
Congrats! And thanks for posting some positive news about a quick grading turn around. It’s nice for people to see that these 2-3 month time frames do happen, as do the occasional long waits. We just tend to hear about the longer waits more often than the shorter ones.
I haven’t worn a diaper since 2002. Know your audience! [emoji12]
If I was smart, talented, and retired, I would jump in the deep end with you guys and help out. It must get a bit overwhelming at times. I feel for you guys that are way up there. Its volunteer, and this new “instant gratification” culture is quick to forget that.
I sometimes feel guilty for not grading, but then I remember I have a small business, a wife and a hobby, not necessarily in that order.
I took so long to grade exams that the guilt finally got to me and I resigned. Just didn’t feel like the examinees deserved to suffer for my procrastination.
Well… law of averages I guess… I took mine in February and still waiting. And, I understand the volunteer thing… I do that type of stuff in other aspects of my life. Not always the the most rewarding thing for sure. Not sure when I will get to judging anyway, once I get my score, as I am a long way from almost every comp. that happens. Still looking forward to it though.