"Priority" "VIP" Applications?

Applying to College
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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 if I should add those schools to 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>b<em>u</em>m<em>p</em> :)</p>

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<p>You're gonna need to raise that SAT score to 2200+ to be competitive at HYS.</p>

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<p>Raise the SAT for sure. It puts into question the rigor of your high school</p>

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<p>^ I think his college list is good. Most of those schools he'll get into at the moment w/ mabye scholarship money, and if the SAT goes up to 2200 then prob. lots of full rides.</p>

<p>Only the HYS stand out as huge outliers. 3 huge reaches and the rest safeties? Mabye add some more matches in, if you'd like.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! I am studying like crazy for the Oct. SAT's and I am trying the ACT in September. Hopefully I'll get those scores up there. BTW my high school is a Full International Baccaulaureate Progam High School, starting at 6th grade. I am taking a SAT prep and ACT prep course to help boost those scores! :)</p>