It costs $20 extra for a hand-grade. All they will do is grade and then call your institution and let them know if it is a pass or fail. They will still grade and send results as usual. You can request the test grading be expedited for an additional $25. Most schools don't accept a verbal reporting of the grade; in my case I just want and need to know if I passed. If I didn't pass then I need to get into a summer class ASAP.

As with most things with DSST, it is near imposssible to figure out their policys. Basically, you just need to enclose a hand written note or instructions requesting the hand-grading or expedited scoring. My testing center uses UPS for delivery and they will give me the tracking number; they usually use 2 day delivery. This means that I take the test on Monday, the test gets picked up on Tuesday and it arrives sometime on Thursday. I couldn't stand the wait. I convinced my test proctor to send it next day....I of course had to pay the extra cost of this delivery.