Accepted candidates would be well advised to hear the words of Ecclesiastes:
" I returned, and saw under the sun, that rhe race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the sstrong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yer riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all".
Keep it for my reference, just in case, it can borrow it later.
Source..Handbook for college Admissions by Thomas C. Hayden 1981.