How are my chances of getting into grad school? (English Literature)?

I’m a senior at a small liberal arts college that is considered “very selective”, and my GPA is 3.9 (4.1 in my major). I haven’t yet taken the GRE, but my practice test scores without studying were Q 650 and V 730 (I couldn’t get a score for the analytical section, of course, but it should be at least a 5. 5). I’m sure I can get very positive letters of recommendation from three or four professors in my department, as well as one in Art History.

Unfortunately, for personal reasons, I’m limited to universities within adjacent counties to the one in which I currently reside. Of these, the only ones offering either an MA or a PhD in English lit are:

An Ivy League school

An enormous university which is sometimes called a “new Ivy”

Two state universities.

I realise that I probably don’t have a chance at the Ivy, but do you think at least one of the other three will accept me?

How are my chances of getting into grad school? (English Literature)?

How are my chances of getting into grad school? (English Literature)?

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