CA resident - 511 w/ 3.25 cGPA, 3.10 AMCAS BCPM (3.4 sGPA for AACOMAS), school list?

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Hi all, I'm currently working on a school list for the 2020 cycle so that I can start pre-writing secondaries. I've included a preliminary list here but any suggestions for removals/additions would be greatly appreciated.

California resident
MCAT: 511, mostly balanced, higher CARS & BB
cGPA: 3.25 (including in-progress post-bacc.)
BCPM (AMCAS): 3.1 (including in-progress post-bacc.)
sGPA (AACOMAS): 3.4 (including in-progress post-bacc.)
Currently in-progress of completing DIY post-bacc.: will be completing 32 units (28 science) @ 3.97 GPA
Sharp upward trend, lots of dual-enrollment CC units from high school dragging GPAs down
Afro-caribbean URM
Strong LORs

ECs: 100+ hr hospital volunteering, 400+ hr research (no posters/presentations/papers, mostly basic work but did have mini project-nothing major), 30+ hr shadowing, will likely be employed in clinical work part-time by the end of the year so should have >300 hrs paid clinical experience by the time applications open

Preliminary list (would like to narrow down to 30-35):

UCR-IE ties
UCSD
Kaiser
UCD
USC
Loma Linda
Wayne State
Howard
University of Arizona
NY Medical College
George Washington
University of Missouri
Tulane
Meharry
Albany
Drexel
Morehouse
Tufts
UMiami
University of Colorado

Western COMP & Western COMPNW
Touro-CA
Touro-Nevada
CCOM
AZCOM
ATSU-SOMA & ATSU-KCOM
ICOM
RVUCOM-CO & RVUCOM-UT
KCUCOM-KC & KCUCOM-Joplin
MUCOM
DMU-COM
BCOM
LMU-DCOM
ARCOM
OSU-COM
LECOM
LUCOM

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thank you.

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I suggest adding these MD schools to your list:
UC Irvine
California University
Kaiser
Quinnipiac
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Temple
Jefferson
Georgetown
Oakland Beaumont
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Remove Missouri and Colorado since they prefer their own residents. You can cut in half your DO list.
 
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I suggest adding these MD schools to your list:
UC Irvine
California University
Kaiser
Quinnipiac
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Temple
Jefferson
Georgetown
Oakland Beaumont
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Remove Missouri and Colorado since they prefer their own residents. You can cut in half your DO list.

Much appreciated, thank you.

@Goro any others (DO or MD) that you would suggest adding/removing in addition to Faha's list?
 
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