DO Applying DO soon; is it too late now?

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*CA applicant
*non-URM
*non-traditional (several years of work in research lab)
*3.70-3.80 GPA; >95th percentile MCAT; LizzyM ~75+
*300-400 hours of hospital volunteering (very cookie cutter)
*not much non-clinical volunteering
*~100 hours of physician shadowing (some are DO)
*several co-authored publications and a first-author publication
*I have an MD LOR, but not a DO one yet.

I have 3-4 Ws for courses in my undergrad and also dropped an entire quarter because I was changing majors. These occurred in the last two years of my undergrad so to me, it looks like a “downward trend.”

I am very interested in attending a particular DO school because it’s very close to home. I also know DO graduates have more limited options compared to MD, but I’m interested in pediatrics, pediatrics specialty, or IM. I really do not wish to apply for a next cycle and just want to make sure I have somewhere to go this cycle. I have applied for MD schools as well, but no acceptances yet. I would attend a particular DO school over other MD schools.

Will my cookie-cutter hospital volunteering and lack of non-clinical volunteering keep me from getting in? Is it too late at this point in the cycle for DO schools?

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*CA applicant
*non-URM
*non-traditional (several years of work in research lab)
*3.70-3.80 GPA; >95th percentile MCAT; LizzyM ~75+
*300-400 hours of hospital volunteering (very cookie cutter)
*not much non-clinical volunteering
*~100 hours of physician shadowing (some are DO)
*several co-authored publications and a first-author publication
*I have an MD LOR, but not a DO one yet.

I have 3-4 Ws for courses in my undergrad and also dropped an entire quarter because I was changing majors. These occurred in the last two years of my undergrad so to me, it looks like a “downward trend.”

I am very interested in attending a particular DO school because it’s very close to home. I also know DO graduates have more limited options compared to MD, but I’m interested in pediatrics, pediatrics specialty, or IM. I really do not wish to apply for a next cycle and just want to make sure I have somewhere to go this cycle. I have applied for MD schools as well, but no acceptances yet. I would attend a particular DO school over other MD schools.

Will my cookie-cutter hospital volunteering and lack of non-clinical volunteering keep me from getting in? Is it too late at this point in the cycle for DO schools?