First of all i think the fee itself is absolutely ridiculous and I think they will find that less and less people will take this exam because of the cost alone. I am sorry but I don't know about you but I dont have $1000 to throw away twice a year if I fail a test that obviously has proven to be very difficult based on a 27% pass rate. I believe that the fee should be cheaper for repeat takers because all this fee does is deter people from wanting to retake the test. I barely failed the last test and now I am not sure I want to take it again for $494 plus gas and hotel just to take one portion of it.