I spent time as well....
Money wise I did not ask for reimbursement, my company puts zero importance on the p.e., it is strictly for my résumé.
I spent around $500 total for registration, MERM and practice tests.
Now if I had failed this time, I probably would have paid for dr. Tom's course.
Just asking those who passed....
For posterity sake, how many hours did you put in for oct 2013 exam?
I did ~115 but I would estimate 30 of those were wasted on things that were not on the exam (basic calc, matrix theory, etc) would have been better off if I had watched a few of dr. Tom's...
120k is good money, but would stink to live on a drill ship or in a man camp. I'm pretty damn happy there is shale in the backyard, and 96k is nothing to sneeze at.