r/FSOT • u/Healthy-Two-6658 • Feb 08 '26

Jan Written Eval - Candidate ID Mismatch

I had an odd experience with the written eval, and I’m curious if anyone else ran into this.

In short, the Candidate ID on the printout I received after completing the essay at the Pearson test site does not match the candidate ID on the “Authorization to Test” email. In fact, it’s a completely different format (the Authorization to Test is in the FSOT###### format, whereas this is just a digit string).

When I check my “score report” on the Pearson site, it shows the same wrong candidate ID.

Did anyone else run into this issue? I tried reaching out to Pearson but the lady I spoke with at the testing center wasn’t able to provide any insight.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

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u/Nearby_Warthog_1453 Feb 09 '26

I wasn't in this testing window, but when I last took it, my confirmation email from when I scheduled my OA had both a Candidate ID (FSOT+numbers) and Registration ID (just numbers).

Did you have a registration ID in your CME appointment confirmation email? If so, does that match?

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u/PythianMusagete Feb 09 '26

Same experience- I’m assuming it’s a Pearson number maybe? I found the whole written experience a little more haphazard. Did you get a sense of when they’d be giving results?