Any disadvantage to using "priority" application offers?

[JustAMomOf4]

Two years ago my daughter got the same email from CSM - in fact, she was busy and they sent it repeatedly. She did the application online the night of the deadline!
She got accepted and even visited - nice school.

My take - they already "know" they have a good candidate - they just need the application and transcripts.

[califa]

D got one from Drew, and she's a junior! It offered an application fee waiver ($50) and "a non-binding decision and early merit scholarship consideration". They must think she's a senior - maybe I should email them to let them know she's a junior and will be applying next year... or maybe not because right now D says she only wants to go where it's warm.

I don't see anything to lose by using these applications, and if you get several, the fee waivers will add up...

[schrizto]

To add to the list, I've gotten priority apps from Brandeis and Hood in email.

[pumpkin65]

This week, Tulane and Washington College arrived via snail mail, University of Vermont, Drew and Hood via email. Rensselaer came, but no fee waiver.

Thanks again, everyone, for your responses.

[allemanau]

Yea, it sounds stupid but I love getting these. It feels like collecting baseball cards or something.

To date, I've received Tulane, RPI, and University of Portland. I'm glad I didn't fill out RPI, because of the whole fee waiver -- or rather the lack of one. Tualne and UoP both have them though. I only actually considered one of these schools before. This makes the process of applying a lot easier because I just have more options if I get in. Props to the admissions officers doing these.

[az1698]

^Me 2. I love these things.

[lamiller2008]

the College of Wooster has a priority application. i recieved one, but didn't fill it out as i was already pretty much done with the Common App o_o

there was no application fee for the priority one, but also there wasn't a fee if you filled out all your materials and submitted them through the Common App website.

so overall, while the priority application was a bit shorter and i wouldn't have had to write an essay of the length i did, there's really no advantage over the other i guess.

-Laura

[smoda61]

Anyhow, was just going through all the e-mails that have collected, we have RPI (no fee waver), Tulane (no fee, no essay and 4 weeks), Ursinus (no fee, no recs, no essay, 4 weeks), brandeis (no fee and feb notification), URochester for Bauch & Laumb (no fee), Iona (no fee, no essay, early notice)

Have to go through all the snail mail next.

[sammy2]

WPI is another.. UVM that was mentioned.

[allemanau]

I got a lot of smaller colleges this Monday, most notably Northern Arizona University. I heard Washington University went out? If anyone got that that would care to list GPA/ACT/SAT scores that would be cool.

[kbl]

D got emails from Tulane, Whitworth, and Northern Arizona offering the priority app..

[Hollylove]

i'm considering filling out northern arizona's just to have a safety school -- anyone know if it is even worth applying there?

[kumitedad]

My son got one from the University of Portlant (OR)

The only one he is interested in is Ursinus however

[sarmango]

I looove getting those priority apps. It sounds pathetic I guess, but I feel better about myself knowing SOMEONE "wants" me. I've gotten them from Drexel, Fordham, Tulane, York, a " direct conection" app from Wake Forest, St. John's, Siena, RIT, Drew, and UVM. Georgia State called today and said they were sending a priority one soon.

[Jolynne Smyth]

Son just got a fee waive, priority app from NY Poly school. I had never heard of it, but he is looking for comp sci tech schools so maybe....