MD 3.94 sGPA, 523 MCAT, school list too top heavy?

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Hello everyone, currently applying this cycle and I think I may have overestimated myself. Do I need to apply more broadly?
1. cGPA 3.95, sGPA 3.94
2. MCAT 523, Breakdown: CP 131/CARS 130/BB 132/PS 130
3. Ohio Resident
4. ORM
5. Top 15 Undergrad
6. 250 hours scribing at clinic serving underrepresented/underinsured population
7. 1300 hours research at the same lab for the last two years and two summers, two poster presentations, no publications
8. No shadowing :/
9. 150 hours tutoring at inner-city school, leadership position
10. 100 hours paid employment
11. Violin lessons

School List:

U Michigan
St. Louis University
Icahn
Columbia
U Pittsburgh
U Penn
UVA
Northwestern
U Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford
Yale
Duke
Case Western
U Cincinnati
Ohio State
UC San Diego
University of Rochester
Boston University
Drexel
U Wisconsin

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Nothing wrong with aiming high!

To your list, add:
Emory
Mayo
Hofstra
Einstein
Dartmouth
U Miami
Tufts
UCSF
UCLA
All other OH schools
All other Manhattan Titans
Vandy
Harvard

Delete the ones in RED

U Michigan
St. Louis University
Icahn
Columbia
U Pittsburgh
U Penn
UVA
Northwestern
U Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford
Yale
Duke
Case Western
U Cincinnati
Ohio State
UC San Diego
University of Rochester
Boston University
Drexel
U Wisconsin
 
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Nothing wrong with aiming high!

To your list, add:
Emory
Mayo
Hofstra
Einstein
Dartmouth
U Miami
Tufts
UCSF
UCLA
All other OH schools
All other Manhattan Titans
Vandy
Harvard

Delete the ones in RED

U Michigan
St. Louis University
Icahn
Columbia
U Pittsburgh
U Penn
UVA
Northwestern
U Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford
Yale
Duke
Case Western
U Cincinnati
Ohio State
UC San Diego
University of Rochester
Boston University
Drexel
U Wisconsin

Thank you so much for your input @Goro! And thank you in general for your advice and commitment to panicky pre-meds like myself :)
 
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