SEAP Chances

I applied to the SEAP internship and a lab director reached out to me saying he was going to recommend me. What does this do to my chances of getting in? Has anyone been emailed before the deadlines and gotten in? Has anyone not?
Thanks!

This is probably really late, but recommendations mean a TON if there are connections at all to the lab you applied to. It helped me quite a bit in summer of 2017. Did you get in?

yeah I did end up getting in. Thanks!