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Make me feel better. Just got robbed for $1700 for a standardized test and hoping surely someone else has taken it in the pants worse than me. There goes my fun money for awhile...

 

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Subject: Most you've ever paid for a standardized test?
Think I paid maybe $250 or something for the FE exam

 

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My boards will be approx. $650 or $850, depending on if I get one or two certifications.

 

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yes, turns out i'm mildly retarded

 

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Holy carp what test costs almost $2k?

 

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Subject: Most you've ever paid for a standardized test?
Gaevren posted:
Holy carp what test costs almost $2k?


A bulls--t trumped up one that charges $500 for the written test that is actually relevant and an extra $1200 for a practical test to make sure foreigners wanting the license speak English and understand that we don't stone women for sex outside of marriage here...

 

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eh, paid for my license test to be a real estate appraiser

 

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Nice racket! money_eyes money_eyes

 

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wtf field are you going into?

that there is a $2k test you gotta take?

also that kinda of stuff you can claim if you itemize you taxes

 

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Subject: Most you've ever paid for a standardized test?
Not for a test but I did pay about that in "fees" to join a roofing union 20 years ago.

 

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Bar Exam - $649, Laptop Fee - $145, Bar Prep Course - $3500.

plain

At least the test wasn't as expensive as yours, but the prep work/time was ridiculous.

 

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$600 for IQ and Academic Assessment for my oldest

 

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I have not taken this personally, but it's the most expensive I know of:

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$350 for the written exam per attempt, and $1500 for the lab exam PER ATTEMPT. No one ever passes the lab on the first try, so you'll need to budget at least $3000 for the lab.

Not to mention, if you don't live in San Jose, Raleigh, Dallas, or Chicago, you have to pay for the flight, hotel, and rental car as well. Those are the only 4 locations in the US that administer the lab exam.

 

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I have had some expensive certs in my old field of work, but it was always picked up by who ever I was employed by.

 

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Sith_Mauler posted:
I have had some expensive certs in my old field of work, but it was always picked up by who ever I was employed by.


Ditto, they pick up the classes, exam costs, etc.
Just for someone trying on their own, that's an insane amount of money for a piece of paper that says you know what you're doing.

That's why so many people just take the written exam and call themselves "CCIE Candidates".

 

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$140 grin

GRE, ha ha...

 

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My respiratory therapy exam is $700, but I'm sure that'll go up by the time I write it in 2 years.

 

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I didn't include the cost of review books, question banks, and transportation/housing. Probably closer to $3k with those. At least the pass rate is high, I've gotta give it that. I think that's balanced out by it only being the second test in a three test series though.

I couldn't sell my car for enough to cover the costs. That's depressing...

Eh, I'm just bitching.

 

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Can't remember what the SAT/ACT cost to take. Haven't paid for a test since then

 

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Do blood tests count?


Nah... I'm highest for me so far has been 80 or 90... GRE, I think.

I'm going to set up a date for the ASBOG soon though, and I think it's something like 400.

 

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$10? I only ever had one class that insisted we take our tests in the testing center, and pay the bitch that oversees the place $10 for her trouble.

 

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250 -mcat, don't even remember how much emt-b cert was. probably less.

 

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I think my SAT's were $50.

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For me the most I've ever paid was $250-ish for the Security+. We've paid a lot for my husband's various IT certs, though. Some have been picked up by his employers but most we've just paid for out of pocket and taken the tax deductions. (A note about that though- it's not deductible unless you're already employed in the field you're certifying for.) He got his GCIH a while back and has to renew it, so his employer is picking up the cost of that (since having the cert is a requirement of his job). Yay!

 

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