3.77 gpa, 36 MCAT

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Hi! I'm freaking out a little about my school list and I'd love to get some feedback about it.

cGPA: 3.77 sGPA: 3.68 (context: I screwed up freshman year)
I go to an "elite" college.

ECs:
Very involved in international development type stuff
Leadership in science association and research society
Leadership in journalism
TA for a bio lab course
Pianist in an ensemble
Research since freshman summer — manuscript for the first project is supposedly under review (I'm also like the gazillionth author, so not very significant), maybe ~1500 hrs total
Research internship abroad
Research internship at a well-known institute
Shadowed 4 doctors for a total of 65 hours (kind of skimpy, I know)
Volunteer with local organizations/science competitions (non-medical) 95 hrs
Volunteered at respite care center/homeless shelter ~20 hrs
Worked a series of part-time jobs
Etc. Also have some other random ECs that aren't that significant.

I think my medical exposure is a little lacking, but the prehealth advisors I met with told me that I'd be fine since I shadowed multiple doctors and did a lot of community service through the international development club. Still very nervous about that...not sure if it's too late to fix it.

So far I've received secondaries from all the schools I applied to except UCSF. (Update...got a secondary from there too!)

Schools:
Duke
UNC
Wake Forest
Baylor
Harvard
Tufts
BU
Johns Hopkins
Mt. Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Miami Miller
Stanford
USC
UCSD
UCLA
UCSF
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UChicago Priztker
Northwestern
UColorado (debating whether to submit secondary)
Vanderbilt
WashU St. Louis
Yale

I've already submitted all of the secondaries except UCLA, Colorado, and Wake Forest. Thoughts? Is it worth it to apply to Colorado? I really want to end up in California for personal reasons. This is already 26 schools. Thanks in advance!

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Just a note: UC Davis and Irvine don't matriculate too many OOS due to IS preference. I know that LA, SF, and SD are more OOS-friendly, but you should check the MSAR for the precise numbers.
 
Yeah, good point. I figured I'd give Davis and Irvine a shot just for kicks.
 
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Goro suggests:

Duke
UNC
Wake Forest
Baylor
Harvard
Tufts
BU
Johns Hopkins
Mt. Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Miami Miller
USC
Northwestern
UColorado
Vanderbilt
WashU St. Louis
Yale
Pitt
Dartmouth
Rochester
Loyola
Tulane
Einstein
 
@Goro, thanks for the suggestions! I'll look into the schools you added.
 
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