It's really not THAT long. Just a couple of little essay-like questions. Which are good because they ask what you might want people on the adcomm to know that needs to be explained, etc.!!
That's not bad at all. A friend of mine described it to me as this monster of an application that she felt wasn't worth the trade-off (I decided not to apply b/c I was trying to leave Georgia) - and apparently she exaggerated majorly! Guess it wouldn't be in their best interest to have a long application without a fee anyway (then they'd actually need to charge to support the labor of going through the secondaries ). Good luck with that girl. 😀
And yes fruit fly, I know that I'm a master of the obvious. 🙂
When I was applying to UF two years ago, they told me that they did not require a fee from people that received their undergrad degree. As the guy in the COM admissions office said.. "we took enough of your money as an undergrad."