Most of the sites get accepted, however the content is too mainstream for the site, so the time visitors spends on the page will be like 3 secs or so, I think. Also, who will click through your banner there will be from Pakistan, India, Egypt etc. Not the traffic you want I believe
I'm speaking from recent experience from 3 look-a-like galleries (content - design - backlinking seemed similar).
But good luck though!
P.s.: The acceptance time is more like 3-5 weeks nowadays. Then the listing time is about 2-10 days after acceptance.