ECA from University of Toronto Comparative Education Service (CES) - My Experience

[Jazzpanag]

Just to update everyone:

• Complete1. Initial Review In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Complete2. Transcript(s) Received September 19th, 2019
• Complete3. Initial Review Complete January 6th, 2020
• Complete4. Assessment In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Not Complete5. Assessment Decision Made
• Not Complete6. Decision Dispatched

Almost done, good luck to everyone waiting!



Yes, email them so that they send you a special link with a form to fill out. You will receive an electronic copy when your physical copy is ready. I submitted mine today.

Hi
Can you please suggest-As per DHL my documents are delivered today. How much time CES will take for-Transcripts received status.

Thanks in advance

 

[ja1904]

Hi
Can you please suggest-As per DHL my documents are delivered today. How much time CES will take for-Transcripts received status.

Thanks in advance

Anywhere between a day to 10 days basis the experience of few of the candidates. Wait at least for a week, if you don't get an update on step 2, then get in touch with them. For me, it took exactly a week.

 

[thephdguy]

Did you get any update? What is the date of acceptance for your documents that they have mentioned?

I have yet to receive another update, however, I'm hopeful I'll get one next week. They accepted my documents on September 19th, 2019 (Step 2). I'll post here when I get an update.

 

[thephdguy]

Hi
Can you please suggest-As per DHL my documents are delivered today. How much time CES will take for-Transcripts received status.

Thanks in advance

Exactly what ja1904 said.

In my specific case, I sent them electronically (CES allows certain universities to send their transcripts via email) so my Step 2 got updated in a few hours after they received them.

 

[thephdguy]

Anyone experienced CES going back one step in your profile? Mine was on Step 4 just before Xmas and now I'm on Step 3 with no email explanation :S getting really worried. My 12 weeks should have been Dec 19, then they changed it to 14 weeks because there are so many people applying. With Xmas this actually makes it 16 weeks but I'm worried why I've gone backwards one step.

If I remember correctly, your Step 2 got updated on September 20th, right? I found it weird that you got your steps 1, 3 and 4 updated on November (again if I remember correctly). I don't know if it is the same case but my spouse application looks like this:

• Complete1. Initial Review In Progress Jan. 6th, 2020
• Complete2. Transcript(s) Received Sep. 17th, 2019
• Not Complete3. Initial Review Complete
• Not Complete4. Assessment In Progress
• Complete5. Assessment Decision Made Jan. 6th, 2020
• Complete6. Decision Dispatched Jan. 7th, 2020

Her ECA came in the mail the next day (Jan. 8th) and she still has Steps 3 and 4 showing Not Complete. I don't think their system is very good (at least not the program that updates the steps). You might want to call them and ask if there has been a problem with yours.

 

[CLAIRE87]

If I remember correctly, your Step 2 got updated on September 20th, right? I found it weird that you got your steps 1, 3 and 4 updated on November (again if I remember correctly). I don't know if it is the same case but my spouse application looks like this:

• Complete1. Initial Review In Progress Jan. 6th, 2020
• Complete2. Transcript(s) Received Sep. 17th, 2019
• Not Complete3. Initial Review Complete
• Not Complete4. Assessment In Progress
• Complete5. Assessment Decision Made Jan. 6th, 2020
• Complete6. Decision Dispatched Jan. 7th, 2020

Her ECA came in the mail the next day (Jan. 8th) and she still has Steps 3 and 4 showing Not Complete. I don't think their system is very good (at least not the program that updates the steps). You might want to call them and ask if there has been a problem with yours.

Mine were all in chronological order. I emailed them and they said I went to Step 4 automatically and someone manually removed Step 4 because they were in fact NOT assessing my quals yet.

I am now in my 14th week, still at Step 3. Tomorrow is the last day of the 14th week and they said they reckoned I'm on track and that there are no problem with my application so far. I'll be calling them on Friday, which will be the start of my week 15, if I haven't heard.

Looks like your spouse's was accepted 9 days before mine, so theoretically I should get mine any day now. Fingers crossed!

 

[thephdguy]

Mine were all in chronological order. I emailed them and they said I went to Step 4 automatically and someone manually removed Step 4 because they were in fact NOT assessing my quals yet.

I am now in my 14th week, still at Step 3. Tomorrow is the last day of the 14th week and they said they reckoned I'm on track and that there are no problem with my application so far. I'll be calling them on Friday, which will be the start of my week 15, if I haven't heard.

Looks like your spouse's was accepted 9 days before mine, so theoretically I should get mine any day now. Fingers crossed!

Here's my timeline:

• Complete1. Initial Review In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Complete2. Transcript(s) Received September 19th, 2019
• Complete3. Initial Review Complete January 6th, 2020
• Complete4. Assessment In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Complete5. Assessment Decision Made January 13th, 2020
• Complete6. Decision Dispatched January 14th, 2020

Mine took more than 14 weeks, just letting you know. Hopefully, you'll be getting yours soon.

 

[CLAIRE87]

Here's my timeline:

• Complete1. Initial Review In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Complete2. Transcript(s) Received September 19th, 2019
• Complete3. Initial Review Complete January 6th, 2020
• Complete4. Assessment In Progress January 6th, 2020
• Complete5. Assessment Decision Made January 13th, 2020
• Complete6. Decision Dispatched January 14th, 2020

Mine took more than 14 weeks, just letting you know. Hopefully, you'll be getting yours soon.

How much longer?

 

[thephdguy]

How much longer?

As you can see from the timeline I posted, from September 19th, 2019 until January 14th, 2020 (around 15 weeks if you take out the two holiday weeks).

 

[CLAIRE87]

As you can see from the timeline I posted, from September 19th, 2019 until January 14th, 2020 (around 15 weeks if you take out the two holiday weeks).

Oops, apologies - yes your timeline is right there! I totally skipped that and just read the last line, sorry. OK cool, so I shouldn't be waiting too much longer than next week if it doesn't come this week. I hope!

 

[Olagamalin]

Hi everyone,
Please I am in a dilemma. I have an LL.B from a Nigerian University. I have already sent my transcripts to IQAS this June but the length of time IQAS takes for evaluation is a big issue to me. I am now considering sending my transcripts to CES because from the calculation I have from people's timelines here, the CES ECA will likely come before my birthday in November whereas I am not sure when IQAS will finish theirs.
My question now is has anyone with LL.B evaluated with CES before? What was the outcome of the evaluation? I would really appreciate an answer.
Thanks all.

Any update on this? I am also Nigerian

 

[CLAIRE87]

Oops, apologies - yes your timeline is right there! I totally skipped that and just read the last line, sorry. OK cool, so I shouldn't be waiting too much longer than next week if it doesn't come this week. I hope!

Woohoo! ECA approved on the final day lol. I can go pick it up tomorrow

 

[Jazzpanag]

Folks,
As per courier services documents delivered to ces on 9th Jan but status not updated till, add should i contact them on phone, it's been 8 days since the docs are delivered at CES, i think they are stretching time intentionally

 

[Vimald2v]

Folks,
As per courier services documents delivered to ces on 9th Jan but status not updated till, add should i contact them on phone, it's been 8 days since the docs are delivered at CES, i think they are stretching time intentionally

Mine was received by them on 6 Jan and still no update. I called them yesterday and they told me it's normal and gonna take more time because they had 2 weeks break.

 

[Jazzpanag]

Mine was received by them on 6 Jan and still no update. I called them yesterday and they told me it's normal and gonna take more time because they had 2 weeks break.

Can you please share your no.