<p>I received my acceptance letter yesterday from the University of Portland after having applied there using a Priority Application. I suddenly had a terrible thought that it might be binding, and I'm worried now. Is it binding? I've checked all of my emails about that, and they never said either way. I figured I should be safe and check it out now.</p>
<p>The “Priority” label is just marketing. It makes you feel special and wanted. Voila! It worked b/c you applied.</p>
<p>It’s not anything binding however. If accepted, just be prepared for the hard sell by them to attend. It’s all normal, of course. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>I was already going to apply, this just made it WAY easier and faster, plus it was free. Awesome, thank you so much!</p>
<p>UP is a 3 minute drive from my house!</p>
<p>It’s BEAUTIFUL campus on the bluff, overlooking downtown Portland.</p>
<p>It probably doesn’t affect you, but UP had (repeatedly) refused to put the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community on their nondiscrimination statement. If you’re under that umbrella, then I highly recommend that you don’t attend UP.</p>
<p>Other than that, congrats!</p>
<p>Wow, that’s really surprising… Isn’t Portland extremely gay friendly as a whole? I would expect a university to be even more so.</p>
<p>Portland totally is! And I’m sure that in reality, most students are as well. I have a hunch that it’s due to UP’s religious affiliation. </p>
<p>On a related note, there’s a charming little LGBTQ-friendly ELCA Lutheran church within walking distance of UP that I’m an active member of. Just putting that out there for anyone who may be interested! Haha.</p>