What are my chances of becoming a Questbridge finalist and getting into (Rice, Stanford, Yale etc)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m highly anxious about QuestBridge and if it was worth it. Do you think I have a chance even with weak extracurriculars and low ACT score? Here are the schools I’m considering to apply to for questbridge. I would like to know if any of these are even possible to get into with my stats and if I have a good chance at being a Questbridge finalist.

Rice
Northwestern
Stanford
Columbia
Yale
Princeton
Duke
USC
I know these are are high stretch…
Cal Tech
MIT

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): not taking

ACT: 28 composite with 34 writing (retaking)

SAT II: none

Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.98

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/500

AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (3), Eng Lang (3), APUSH (5), Psych(4), Physics 1(2), Spanish Lang(5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, English 4 regular, AP chem, AP stats, AP calc bc, AP gov / Ap macro, AP comp sci

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, First Place National History Day exhibit (9th grade)

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Women Of Color Power Club (Co-founder senior year), Starting off Strong (a mentoring program, Publicity Co-Chair, Yearbook (editor), Varsity Choir 3 years (council board member), National Honor Society, Theater 3 years, Robotics Club, Spanish Club, Cultural and International Awareness, Varsity Bowling Club

Job/Work Experience: worked during junior year 15 hours a week or more

Volunteer/Community service: Sandwich Club (make food for shelters), National Honor Society, Starting Off Strong (teach lessons to a class of freshmen, and mentor them about high school things yay)

State (if domestic applicant): Texas

School Type: highly competitive public high school

Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): White, Hispanic

Hispanic (Y/N): Yes

Gender: Female

Income Bracket: 60,000

Hooks: URM, female hispanic pursuing engineering, first generation, Immigrated from Costa Rica when I was 8

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It’s going to be very difficult, if not impossible, to get into those schools through QB and even through the Common App. If you apply to these schools through QB, you need to meet their standards in order to match with them. They don’t just give out a 4 year full ride to anyone. Let me put your situation into perspective: My friend applied through QB with a 34 ACT and a 4.0 GPA. Even he is doubtful that he will match with any of his schools (their caliber equal to your list) as the acceptance rate for QB applicants is around 3 or 4 percent for top tier schools. Be prepared to apply through the common app too, and find some safeties.