"Priority" "VIP" Applications?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Are alot of you out there getting these "Priority" or "VIP" applications where they wave the application fee and essays and let you know acceptance in 4 weeks?</p>

<p>I have received several including Tulane and Drexel. Should I apply to those schools?</p>

<p>Hi.
I was wondering if anyone would mind giving their advice as to my chances at the following Colleges;</p>

<p>Yale University
Harvard College
University of California, Davis
Chapman University
Texas Christian University
Westmont College
Point Loma Nazarene University
Stanford University
University of Evansville
Arizona State University - Barrett, The Honors College
Pepperdine University
Southern Methodist University </p>

<p>GPA 4.8 W 4.0 UW
I am ranked #1. Class of 140
My Sat's 1870 (re-taking Oct. and trying the ACT)</p>

<p>International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Diploma
2008 Harvard University Prize Book Winner
California Scholarship Federation Member
Key Club Member - Officer
Peer Mediator - High School and Middle School
Peer Tutoring - High School 4 Years
Summer 2008 - UCSD Creative Writing Project
Summer 2007 - Brown University, Human Rights
Summer 2006 - Cambridge University, English Literature-major Creative Writing-minor</p>

<p>Also...First Generation College Student.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>It looks as though this is your plan anyway, but I strongly suggest taking the ACT, especially since you're trying for places like Yale and Harvard. According to the College Board conversion chart, my score on the ACT was about 200 points higher on the SAT scale than my real SAT was--2200ish v. 2000. I'm extremely English-oriented, as you seem to be, and the format of it somehow appealed to that part of me so I was able to do much better.</p>

<p>I try not to speak to people's chances much because I don't have any experience with it, but I think if you manage to do well on the ACT (or an SAT retake) your chances will improve a lot. Your GPA is very good. The only thing really hindering you seems to be the 1870.</p>