Do I have a realistic chance at top/good private universities with ZERO research experience?

Hi all; I am currently a second-year in college (large, mid/low-tier public university). I live in California. I am a philosophy major, and I have decided to attend Middlebury Language Programs this summer to strengthen my Russian before taking my year abroad in Moscow. With this, I have cut out a potential summer of research; I had it lined up to potentially do cancer research at CU Cancer Center, but I was not all that excited about it as I am to further my Russian studies through... Do I have a realistic chance at top/good private universities with ZERO research experience?
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